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er w hich w ill pass an endless line of
m otor cars, busses and tru ck s c a r
P ublished «very T hursday a t H er ry in g m ors - fre ig h t an d passengers
m iston, U m atilla County, Oregon by th an have ever been carried before.”
It is a curious th in g th a t th e first
th e H erald P u b lish in g com pany, Inc.
E ntered as second class m atter, em otion aroused in th e b reast of an
December 1908 a t th e postoffice a t au tom obillst by th e sig h t of road
w ork is nearly alw ays th a t of annoy
H erm iston, Oregon.
ance. The h u rry in g d river is im p ati
e n t if he merely has to pick his way
Subscription Rates
P ot One Y ear ................._............ *2.00 carefu lly th ro u g h piles of m aterial
F o r Six M onths _______ ______ *1.00 o r along th e side of a stretch of h alf
P ayable in Advance.
finished paving. W hen he has to tu rn
o u t of his course he regards it as an
Classified or Local Advertising
cu trag e. The "d eto u r" signs become
10 cents per liu e for firs t insertion. red ragg to th e tourist. The local
M inimum ch arg e 25 cents. Subse resid en t who really o u g h t to realize
q uent Insertions 5 cents p er line.
w h at it is all about may be still more '
resentful.
TRIMMINGS FOR THE FARM
B ut every detour m eans an im
A farm b ureau in Iow a has started provem ent. It is a sign of co n stru c
a "nam e your farm ” movem ent in tive w ork, of progress tow ard hlgh-
M innesota they are discussing "b et v ay perfection. P roperly viewed,
te r arc h ite c tu re for th e farm ,” a every such s'g n would be welcomed i
new spaper p rin ted in ru ra l New a8 a blessing. A sad prospect thero
Y ork says th a t th e farm er never Would be for travel In th is co u n try i
Mrs. Sam J. McKee of Independence. Lad's Iota promptly came to the front
h a s appreciated as he o u g h t to do th e if those signs vanished from th e h ig h
Ore., is bolding L ad’s lota, the cham with a production of 1048.07 pounds
Im portance of a landscape se ttin g in way!
pion Jersey cow of the world. Oregon of butterfat in 18,632 pounds of mtlk
the scheme of life, a Missouri school
A nd i t ’s th a t way in every o th er
d istric t is teach in g flo ricu ltu re along line of hum an endeavor. L ately th e has long held most of the Jersey in a year and brought back the Jersey
honors. A few years ago Vive La crown to Oregon.
w ith the th ree R s and th e proper j whole world seems to be clu ttered up France was world's champion, and
This wonderful cow is expected to
m anagem ent T>f corn, cabbages and w ith detour signs, com pelling round- she lived a t Marlon, Ore. Then some be a t tho Pacific International Live
so forth. T ardily, it m ay be, b u t none about course, w ith sad loss of tim e, Maine cow managed to squeeze out Stock Exposition, at Portland, Ore.,
the less certa in ly th e husbandm an in Industry, trade, politics and hum an a few more pounds of butterfat. But November 4-11.
is b& eglnning to achieve th e finer relations generally. Can wo not be
th in g s of life.
bounties for predatory anim als.
lieve th a t all th is o b stru ctio n and the E xtension service.
T he proposal th a t every farm confusion really means co nstruction
P o rtlan d — N orthw estern E lectric
eh all have a nam e is not founded going on, to make th e highw ays of
A lfalfa land going Into w in ter !n Co. to build $500,000 steam plant.
wholly on u tilita ria n considerations. h um anity stra ig h te r, sm oother and eastern Oregon should be m oist but
G rants Pass irrig a tio n d istric t to
I t is tru e th a t th e nam e carries a f r m e r
h ereafter?— Tacoma News not w et. Fields w et heavily lato in expand $75,000.
certain Weight of a u th o rity , of re T ribune.
j the season often k ill o u t before
N orth Bend Odd Fellow s have com
sponsibility, and th a t, attach ed to
sp r'n g . T his is lea« likely to happen pleted plans for three-story, $75,000
th e produce th a t th e farm yields, it •••><•<•<•❖ •>•> v
w
ith
Grimm
alfalfa
and
w
ith
alfalfa
$ 4» 4 4 4 •••
lodge building.
co n stitu tes a k in d of g u aran tee, like *
♦ on sandy soils. A lfalfa on heavy
G aribaldi— W hitney L um ber Co.
th e sign over th e m erch an t's door *
WIT AND WISDOM
♦ soils receWes g re a te r in ju ry from
to build ch u te to top of K lger m oun
such as anonym ity could n o t de. ♦
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tain.
B ut it m eans m ore th an th a t, convey
“S hall we p lan t potatoes th is fall
./f h e Dalle»— P acific Telephone &
ing, as it were, a sense of individual,
More th an 150 Germ an new spap
ity most satisfy in g to th e soul. The ers have suspended In th e last few for early potatoes next s p rin g ? ” is telegraph Co. to build new $100,000
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nam e-your-farm idea Is comm endable monthH on account of the sh o rtag e of a question oflen asked of th e farm home.
crops d ep artm en t a t th e 0 A. C.
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allow
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Oil to in stall
and should be pushed along.
p rin t paper. The m o rtality am ong E xperim ent statio n . "If you do,
$15,000 p lant
W e of th e w est were not to blame publications of all kinds in th is coun
p lan t whole, medium sized spuds five
G ran ts Pass— W ork sta rte d on ra il
if our first farm buildings were—• try continues to be high. All produc- or slx In(;heH d e e p /.
th(J reply
to put It euphem istically— “ u n a rc h l. [ “ CO8ti:.,l n . ' hO P ri n t .'n * bUHlno8H S p rin g p la n tin g ,s gen erally better. road to Beaver cem ent q uarry.
W alloa high school n earin g com
te c tu ra l.” It aw s a large Job when havo stead ly increased since tho war.
it is said, w herever land can be w ork
pletion.
th e pioneer^ came here ju s t to w hip — Y akim a Republic.
ed early in spring. The potatoes in
Redmond to get tw o-story m odern
saw tim ber enough to make an ob
Nobody is surprised a t th e an - ■th e «round over w in te r are more sub- b rick building.
long fram e building, hip-roofed, d in
’O8S ^rorn ro ttin g , and in ju ry
gy In aspect, usually innocent of nouncem ent th a t several tho u san d
R oseburg— C onstruction of $9,999
paint. The barn th a t followed— if It swivel chuirs are for sale in W ash- from w ire w°rm . gophers and o th er garag e building u n d er way.
enemies.
S um pter— S m elter to resum e oper
did not precede— the fam ily sh elter, ington. This is not a sw ivel ch air
ations in spring.
was even| m ore forbidding; w hen ad m in istratio n , b u t you d id n ’t h ear
B ulk h an d lin g and ex p o rtation of
A storia— W ork to s ta r t soon on
silos came they were b u ilt for u tility of any b arg ain sales of th is k in d be-
alone. The site o t th e farm stead was jtwoen 1912 and 1920.— W inlock g rain a re stead ily grow ing a t P o rt new F ra te rn a l hospital.
la n d says G. R. H yslop of the state
Eugene— Local fa rm ers’ coopera
chosen w ith reference to its proxi News.
experim ent statio n . As th e conveni tive association handles 3,000,000
m ity to wood and w ater and not for
T here are thousands of cran k s in
Its scenic netting. The farm m others thia s la te who consider it sin fu l to ences and economy of b u lk in g be pounds green prunes.
m es b e tte r understood every lm -
W eston h arv ests bum per bean crop
grew flowers— when they had tim e. buy more th an they can pay for a t co
p o rtan t Krain. grow ing diRtrlct wiI1
Condon púrchase8 $3,000 fire en
B ut only th e soul may feel on roses, th e end of th e month. Oh, if we only
forget-m e-nots and m ignonette and had a lcglslaure full of these nu ts! w ant bulk elevators and bulk g rain gine.
bins for farm storage. "M any a
P endleton lets tw o-block paving
tho body requires b u tter, eggs, po •—Lynden T ribune.
farm er’s sack bill is as h ig h as his 1 co n tract.
tatoes and a m u ltitu d e of thlngR.
A nierlian to u rists sp en t $200,000,- taxes," says Hyslop. Sack h an d lin g
S outh Bend has new d ru g atoré.
T he first steps tow ard th e tam in g
is m ore expensive and laborious th an
K lam ath F alls— W o rk being ru sh
of th e w ilderness have been taken. 000 in E urope th is sum m er. The
ed on S trah o rn railroad.
F arm life is still no t all beer and E uropeans need never become “ d o l- .b" ^ h an d lin g ,
lar chasers." We w ill alw ays tak e i t !
St. H elens aw ards $7,829.20 sew
sk ittle s but it has lost m any of tho
er contract.
asperitefs of th e older tim e. Develop, to them.
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G resham — P o tato starch factory
m e a t of its esth etic aspect comes
The N ear E astern situ atio n never
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very properly a fte r th e rough edges seems to get so bad th a t It can ’t ♦
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have been sm oothed down. The re grow worse. - Weston Leader.
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F u rro w s plowed th ro u g h fields of
sponses w hich th e new m ovem ents
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•> fall g rain , vetch and o th er crops
The old-fashioned religious rev iv . ♦ ❖ ♦ ♦
are m eeting Indicate th a t th a farm
H erm iston— New post office n e a r to allow surface w ater to ru n off
beautiful is now b u t a m a tte r of tim e. al depended on faith . And so does
w ill save much of th e crop from
F arm houses a re no longer c o n stru ct a business revtvaL— F resno Repub ing com plet on.
U nion Pacific has 150 men a t work drow ning out. T h 's practice is es
ed w ith the re c ta n g u la r severity th a t lican.
reb u ild in g line to H eppner.
pecially valuabU on low, flat, heavy
ste rn economic necessity form erly im
The Allies could h andle th e T urks
Since 1909 $868,948 paid out in or w hite lands.
posed, th e b arn is likely to be a th in g
more effectively If th ey d id n ’t have
tof m oderate grace if not of u tte r
to w atch each o th er so closely.— D al
beauty, the stlo points a th rifty but las News.
not ungraceful fin g er tow ard th e a l
w ays pleasing sky. Even th e occas
If Fords g et an y cheaper, a th ief
sional w indm ill tow er lends an a ir of w on't even consider ta k in g one u n
medieval rom ance to th e scene. The less th e gasoline ta n k is filled.—
farm er ra'ses a good m any th in g s be New York W orld.
sides w heat and flax and m angel
If th e n atio n s a re too poor to pay
w urzels nowadays.
th e ir debts, w here do th ey g et th e
T he city m an who doubts It need
money to pay for cancelation propa
only v en tu re a little way Into tho
g an d a?— B rockville Recorder.
country, over any road. T here is the
sh arp est of possible co n trasts between
A N o rth D akota ru ra l correspon
the present and th e olden tim e Yet d en t co n trib u tes a pig preachm ent
It w ill not be fo rg o tten th a t those th a t deserves w ide circu latio n . He
o th e r prim e essen t'als necessarily w rites, ’’cast a lfalfa before sw ine and
came first. W hen we were gru b b in g your wife can w ear pearls.”— A thena
stum ps and s p littin g fence rails nnd Press.
erectin g th e ru d est of shelter« for
m an and benst we were laying the
foundation for th e enjoym ent of a rt.
B eauty would be apt to be m ore th an * 0. A. C. FARM REMINDERS *
h alf w asted on a man w ith an em pty
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stom ach and no roof over rh ls head.
— P ortland O regon’an.
A m ount of spoiled silage a t th e
to p of th e silo w ill be reduced by
th o roughly tram p in g th e lop of th e
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♦ silo each day for sev eial days a fte r
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OTHER OPINIONS
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Queen been for aarly delivery can !
‘‘M otorists who complain ab o u t d e nov. be ordered. It ;s well to place
tours will be h appy,” w rites an a u orders early as th e queen supply is
tom obile man, “ when they discover lim ited. L ists of northw est and
th a t the whole U nited S tates has be sou th ern queen-breeders w ill be sup.
come a netw ork of fine roadw ays ov. plied beekeeper.) upon applicatio n to
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correspondent of the Dally News.
The latter had been wounded by a
shot, hut ns the mtin approached the
bear attacked him nnd a hard struggle
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llie man pushed his hand Into the
anim al's mouth and gripped its tongue,
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an ax. But it was only when he set
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that the blood was spurting forth that
the bear loosened Its grip and the man
was rescued, his hand, however, belug
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