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Published every Thursday at Hermiston, LinaOUa Cousty, Oregon, in the heart of Eastern
Oregon’s great Irrigated alfalfa tiekls, by the Herald Publishing Company.
BERNARD MA1NWAR1NG, EDITOR
KuLared as .second « la w w a lle r. Uoewuber ., mu», at the poeloAoe a l U eraaiauia. Oregon
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THE CASE FOR THE RECLAMA
TION BILL
THE VALUE OF SERVICE
The Oregon Farmer
Portland Oregonian
The doctor who answers a hurry
President Harding's promise to call with the greatest possible speed
urge action by congress on the is more valuable than a physician of
Snilth-McNary
reclamation
bill equal skill who drives up to the pati
should assure its passage notwith ent’s door at his own convenience.
standing the opposition of Represent Service counts. It is worth money.
ative Mondeli for the sake of what Who Is there who dosen't agree with
he misconceives to be economy. The this general principal? And dosen't
bill would In fact contribute more It apply also In the buying of mer
to remedy more of the present Ills chandise?
The progressive merchant In your
of the country at one time than any
other measure now before the public. own trading center gives service
The nation needs more farmers in along with the goodR. He has a se
order to Increase food production lection of merchandise continually
and to restore a healthy balance be in stock. You don't have to wait.
When you enter the store you are
tween urban and rural population.
This requires more farms, the only able to see the article Itself in which
extensive field for which is the great you are Interested. You see it with
tracts of land that lie waste because your eyes, feel It with your fingers;
too dry. too wet or encumbered with note its actual size, shape and col
or; compare it with other goods at
stumps.
Arid land still awaiting reclama different prices, and. If it Is what
tion is In such large tracts and re ynu want, take it away with you.
If you have questions to ask, you
quires such large expenditures as ex
are
given an explanation on the spot
ceed the limits of the existing recla
mation fund. No funds are avail The answer given your first question
able for drainage of swamps and may suggest another query. It Is an
swered within half a minute of the
clearing ot stump land.
first Interrogation. No time Is lost
The government alone can raise
you benefit from the dealer’s practic
money In sufficient quantity and at al knowledge, from the fact that he
the low rate of Interest which such is on the ground and ready at all
undertakings can pay. The en times to see to It personally that the
hancement in value of land when article he has sold you gives satis
reclaimed and cultivated would be
faction.
so great as to form ample security
The wise buyer will not forget
for the capital invested.
that such matters have a dollars and
It I b not proposed that the govern cents value and should enter into
ment give the money to be expend the reckoning whenever a price com
ed. The proposal is that the govern parison is being made.
ment lend a total of «350,000.000,
each part of which would be re
couped when a project waH reclaim ♦
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ed and settled, to be used again In *
BURSTS AND DUDS
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the same manner. This would be ef «
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fected by the issue of district bonds,
to be amortized in 20 years, which
A Swel’. Shindigger
the government would sell.
"What
does Jack mean when ho
Veterans of (he Spanish or world
war or of the Phllllppiue rebellion says I slide a slippery heel?"
“You mustn’t mind him. That’s
would have preference for employ
just his slang way. What he means
ment and settlement.
This bill would provide work for is that you wobble a vicious hoof.”
the unemployed.
It would provide homes for war
The Better ’Ole
veterans, of which they could be I A bad fire broke out in a garage on
come owners and which would make the main automobile route between
them Independent, self-supporting New York and Boston and apparatus
|from half a dozen nearby small
citizens.
It would establish new markets towns were ruhed to the scene When
for manufactures, thus further re. 'the chief of the first apparatus to ar
rive dashed in, he was amazed to see
lelving unemployment.
It would add several times the the proprietor sitting on a chair In
amount to be expended to the tax the middle of the flaming structure.
"For Pete’s sake, get out quick!”
able wealth of the country and to
the number of taxpayers, thus In bellowed the chief. “This place is
creasing the revenue of the nation (full of gasoline and it'll be blown
and states and lesseping the burden skwhigh any second.”
| S h a n ’t leave.” calmly retorted the
Of taxation for each citizen.
It would populate great areas of proprietor. “A guy said he'd drop
waste land, which are now barriers around In ten minutes and pay me
to progress and communication, and ¡five dollars he's been owin’ me for
would thus draw together widely n month.”
epearated communities.
It Is a measure of true economy.
Going and Coming
On the one hand economy consists
"I cracked a lawyer’s house the
In elimination or avoidance of use other night,” said the first burglar
less expense; on the other hand It disgustedly, " and the lawyer waf
consists in expenditures which ma right there with a gat all ready for
terially Increase income. The latter me. He advised me to get out.”
is as effective In relieving the gov
"You got off easy,” contented his
ernment of its present embarrass pal.
"Easy nothing!” exploded the
ment ns the former. The reclama
tion bill will add many prosperous other. "He charged me twenty-five
citizens, who will be a permanent bucks for the advice.”
source of revenue to the government
by adding to the aggregate wealth
Calling in the Expert
of the nation
It was visiting day aboard ship
$ 5 .0 0
$ 3 .7 5
Ms Z îr o ij- S lo a n ’s
W e a re a b le to m a k e
th e s e re m a rk a b ly low
p rices only b e c au se
w e sell s tr ic tly f o r
cash.
^Shoea
It’s a Money Saver
No W asfe h a y
W ith th e s e p r i c e s
y o u c a n n o t a ffo rd to
se n d a w a y f o r h ig h
g r a d e sh o e s.
A good b a r n in c re a se s th e v a lu e o f y o u r
f a r m . I t sa v e s you m o n ey , lig h te n s y o u r
w o rk a n d d o e s a w a y w ith n e e d le ss w a ste .
$ 4 .5 0
AVElroq
SlouA’s
$ 5 .0 0
W e have ru b b er
b o o ts, $ 4 .7 5 f o rs h o r t
a n d $7.00 fo r lo n g .
Good q u a lity w o rk
sh o e s $2.50 to $7.00.
W e do a ll k in d s o f
sh o e r e p a irin g a n d
m a k e n ew sh o e s to
o rd e r.
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GOOD BARNS
Make Better Farms
a h o m e, b a rn , g a ra g e , silo o r o th e r b u ild
in g . C om e in to t h e office a n d in sp e c t th e
HAHN’S GENERAL SHOE STORE
returned «11 ' 0 a ton for the hay
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♦ consumed. They were fed some
♦ 0. A. C. FARM REMINDERS ♦ grain at «1.25 per hundred. These
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♦ figures are an indication of the pos
sibility of lamb feeding as a market
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for surplus hay.
Full Sick Potatoes
When a sick potato shows up in
the field pull it out and destroy it
Good Seed Bed Vital
The application of fertilizers to a
before the disease spreads to other
plants. It Is just as important to soil will not take the place of the
rogue out a sick potato plant as It is well prepared seed bed The larger
to quarantine a diseased animal.
crop produced by the use of fertillzei
must draw on the soil for Its main
supply of plant food, and requires
Gooseberry Mildew Controlled
Gooseberries can be protected sue. more moisture than the smaller crop.
cessfully against mildew by a good A well prepared seed bed makes the
spraying with lime-sulfur 1-30 at plant food more available and in
this season, just as the leaves are creases the capacity of the soil for
unfolding. Where the mildew has moisture.
Fair Warning
been bad it may be necessary to re
A Mobile darky was asked what peat the spray. The same applica
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name he had given his youngest son. tions will protect against leaf spot ♦
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“Erasmus Pro Tem Johnson, suh.”
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OREGON IT DUSRTIAL
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“But why the ‘Pro Tem'?’’
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Dehorning Chute Planned
A plan for building a simple but ♦
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“Well suh, dat am to show do
nanif am only temporaneous, suh. effective chute for holding« ta ttle ❖ ❖ ♦ ❖ ❖ <• <■ ❖ •• •> ❖ <• ❖ ❖ ❖ <• ❖
Eugene lets paving and sewer con
We flggnred as how Erasmus might for dehorning or branding has been
want to choose his own name when worked out by the department of tracts.
Hermiston— 40,0(10 ocres adjoin
he growed up, so we put In ‘Pro animal husbandry. Copies of the
plan may be had fiee by writing to ing Umatilla project to be reclaimed.
Tem’ as a warning to de public.”
the Oregon Experiment station and
An interesting booklet setting
asking for the circular on this sub forth much valuable information on
The Inoctnt Law-Abider
hunting, fishing and camping in Ore
ject.
Dyer: "I hear poor Sparker was
gon. has just been issued by the
killed on his very fiist night flight ”
Southern Pacific Co. at Portland.
Lambs Make Hay Market
Flyer: "Yes, It was very sad. You
A lamb feeding demonstration put
State tax reform committee pre
know old Sparl.er was always such on in Lake county by the extension paring to initiate Hills for state in
a law-abiding chap. Well, the other service under the leadership o t W. come tax and to repeal millage tax
right the moon went behind a cloud, L. Teutsch, county agent brought out. for higher education.
and without ever stopping to think a hundred and sold at «5.00 a hun
Grant county to have summer re
where he was he stepped out to light dred at the end of the feeding period sorts at Strawberry and Magoon
the lamps.”
the fact that lambs bought at «4.7G lakes.
and the newest gob was strolling
along the deck with his sweetheart
In that particuli r port. Along came
the main gazabo himself, but the gob
did not salute. The main gazabo,
having the rudiments of humanity
in his system, did not give him a
public bawling out but called him
aside and administered a few well-
chosen words.
"What did he want of you?” asked
that particular sweetheart whdn the
gob came back.
"Oh,” answered the latter easily,
"he Just wanted to consult me on a
bit of naval discipline he happened to
be thinking about.”
d e sig n s.
Inland Empire Lumber Company
Phone 331
“ The Yard of Best Quality ”
H. M. STRAW. MGR.
Exclusive Representatives of National Builders Bureau
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Vale— «18,500 contract let for
Astoria— Factory for barrel hoops
lew waterworks system.
making assured.
Maupin— Maupin State bank has
Port of Astoria for March shows
tarted erection of new concrete
120 per cent increase.
Reedsport— «60,000 road contracts luildtng.
Hood River gets new concrete re-
let.
Hood River— City constructing a aw. planing mill and box factory.
Pendleton issues 20 building per-
«20,000 reservoir.
nlts. averaging «8,000 each.
The Dalles— «25,000 garage to be
Marion county hopyards report a
erected.
Milton to have adequate water abor shortage.
Pendleton contracting for «85,000
supply.
Cascade and Siuslaw forests al nunlcipal septic tank.
Baker— Bay Horse mine ships 3
lotted «90,000 for road and trail
:ars
«7500 ore.
work.
Coast lumber shipments get new
St. Helens— Local company ship 2
tarload minimum June 12.
carloads paving blocks to Portland.
Gladstone plans new water system.
Wallowa— Surveys made for build
ing new railroad up Dry Creek.
Cloverdale to get new theatre, rec
reation hall and garage.
Roseburg— Bridge at Winchester
to be replaced with modern structure.
The Road to Happiness
You must keep well If you wish '
be happy. When constipated take one
I or two of Chamberlain’s Tablets im-
I mediately after supper. They cause
a gentle movement of the bowels
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Wo Have a First Class
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The strike Is on. But w« can get coal Iron »ho Utah fields
We have n car of lump that will be here about the 28th. Thil
Is the best and hardest of Utah coal, and will store and keep In
good shape for next winters use. Two or three tons stored now
w ill put yon safe for the early part of the winter.
We are filling our blnB to rapacity. But our bins full Is a
small proportion of the amount of coal needed for the year. If
you want Io be safe place your order with us at once.
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