The Hermiston herald., December 21, 1922, Image 4

HTSBMISTOy UTBALD,
h m i s TOK k
QHEGO&
service to fruit growers as their part hla own tuition. Up to the present This la a pretty building, erected in U M i l B I I I U
In the fertilisation of flowers la of time the government has placed the 1*17, one block from the school. A
HERMISTON IS COLOBFUL
greatest Importance. Yea. another emphasis on the engineering work of special effort is made on the part of
Published every Thursday at Her­
scriptural prophecy hag been fulfilled a project to the determine of the de­ the library board and the librarian to
miston. Umatilla County, Oregon by
In thia land that flows with milk and velopment side. It will be to the ad­ fit the library to the needs of the
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from
Page
One)
the Herald Publishing company, Inc.
honey.
vantage to the government and to the school. Current magailnes and refer­
■kitered aa second class matter,
As more settlers came to build settlers when a system simitar to the ence works are for use of the stu­
Dteember 1906 at the postoffice at supply water to 500 acres additional,
dents and various kinds of boys for
the Maxwell Co. retaining all Its homes, naturally Hermiston grew, for one used In Durham is followed.
Hermiston, Oregon.
lands. Under the regime of the Max­ the town Is the distributing center
This region was advertised as an all classes of readers. The library lg
well Co. fourteen families had settled for the surrounding country. New ideal spot for fruit growing, both maintained through taxation, a sal­
Subscription Bates
For One Year ........... ...... ....... ....>2.00 here and demonstrated the producing store«, grocery, hardware, dry goods, the tree and vine varieties, and ac­ aried librarian Is In charge and the
For Six Months ..........................>1.0* power of tlie sand, when water Is and confectionery were opened and cordingly many acres were planted to reading room Is open afternoon and
Payable lb Advance.
applied. The first products were a other places of business as garages, commercial varieties of apples, the evenings. In the basement of the
wonderful crop of alfalfa, potatoes hotels, barber shop, real estate office. I larger tracts being financed by east- building there is a women's rest
Classified or Local Advertising
and water melons.
pool hall came Into being and a doct- ern capital. The soil and summer ell- '™ n* and a f'ma,‘ assemb,’r room us.
10 cents per line for first iu«et lion. (
or, lawyer and dentist located here. raate are adapted to give growth to ed for varI°ua club and committee
B uilding of Canals
Minimum charge 25 cents. Subse- !
The building of the feed canal, res­ The town was incorporated in 1910 the tree but the extreme cold of some | meetings.
quent Insertions 5 cents per line.
Another permanent
Institution ■
ervoir and distributing canals from with H. R. Newport as the first winter damage the trees and lower
ihe main part of thZ construction
mayor. New residences and business their production. Then too. the late wblcb bae S^own up an marked time s
MERRY CHRISTMAS
work of the project Work
was be- b,ock® aprung up for the new people, frosts of the spring often come when wltb tbe K^owth of the project Is
Monday It will be Christmas. You
gun In 1906 and completed in 1908. who came to be of service and cast ^he trees are in full bloom and since Tbe Hermiston Herald. The first
folks in Hermiston and the surround­ The dam one and a half miles above lh ®*' ,ot w,th tb® tnl®r8 ° f tb® 80,1 not many growers are equipped with issue appeared September 2, 1906,
ing community are going to arise to Echo diverts the flood water of the who were endeavoring to make smudging apparatus, fruit is an un­ before the water was turned into the
ditches and when a few scattering
a cheery “Merry Christmas.’’ If re­ Umatilla river into the feed canal wealth from water and savings from certain crop. The presence of aphis,
buildings marked the present site of
sand.
San
Jose
Beale
and
coddling
moth
which
carries
it
24.5*
miles
to
the
ported figures are correct there will
Hermiston.
Chas. E. Baker was editor
According
to
H.
P.
Douglass
In
his
make
it
necessary
to
spray
three
or
storage reservoir. This covers 1700
be In Hermiston, Umatilla, Irrigon,
and publisher in Pendleton and lie
acre» and has a 50,000 acre feet ca­ book, “The Little Town” nearly four times each spring. An orchard
Boardman and throughout the pro­ pacity.
i every small town has a river or a requires from 5 to 8 years .9 yield moved the plant to Hermiston in
ject Just 2,530 "Merry Christinas”
The land in this region lies below lnllroa<1 running through the center a return on the investment, and the 1907. The paper has faithfully re­
greetings exchanged.
600 feet elevation with short winters of 1L In thl8 Hermiston is a typical uncertainty of the crop has caused corded the events that helped or hind,
We hope there will be that many and hot summers. During the winter I1Htl® town: and a8 ln ma"y other , the fruit industry to fall into disre- ered the development of the project,
and a lot more. And don’t forget the temperature sometimes falls be- town8, »»lagonistic property inter- pute , so that no new commercial or- and though under various ownerships
to add ours.
low zero for a short time and In sum- j0818 brousht about a fight between j cbardB are being set out. GrapeB and has always been optimistic as to the
The Herald wishes everyone of mer the thermometer registers above tb® ea8t and W88t 8ldes and for a berries thrive here, and si nee berries future of Hermiston and the Umatil­
you a sincere Merry Christmas.
100 for a few days. The soil is sandy "umber of y®ar8 tbiB unpleasantness ripen early in this region, there is la project.
The religious life of the community
loam and volcanic ash, and develop- ®xi8ted- The outcome of the strife , always a good market for them and
THE SMILING VOICE
ment of a limited area north of Her- wa® that tb® ®ast 8,d® became the more ranchers are entering this line is not overlooked. In May, 1907,
An unexpected but very sensible mlston has been delayed owing to Its commerlcal center while the west side of endeavor.
through the efforts of the Baptist
reply to the question of what he extreme sandy nature.
became the mor® de8lrabl® "®8id®“®®
Poultry raising is another industry Missionary Society represented by
liked most In America was given, The ,ond on the project wan cover section. Thtf contention has now that Is fast coming to the front on lR®v- Mr’ Hermiston, a Baptist society
lately by a Japanese newspaper man e(J w,th 8age brush whlch wa„ yalu. wholly died out and both east and the project, where the climate con- Jwa8 organized. Rev. Hermiston re-
upon returning to his native land able as¡ fuel to the” pioneer. The land we8t 8ldes are bo®«tlng for a greater ditions for this work seem to be due8t®d to b® a88iK“®d
tblB Plac®
after a visit to the Uited States. is rolling and somewhat hilly and Hermiston,
ideal. Under the leadership of Prof. owing t0 th® coincidence of names •
MUI SI , I i i j j j . ' — h - '- i i : - 7 - ..x .w x - ; v u -
H. L. Cosble of the O. A. C„ many and beld 8ervices in a missionary car
Was it the huge buildings, the swift must be put in condition for irrtga- |
Spirit of Cooperation
ranchers are weeding out the ’board- !ior several weeks- In 1908 a bea,ltl-
trains, the evidence on every hand tion. This
usually done with four
A spirit of cooperation prevades
of dynamic nutionul energy that won horse fresnos by means of which the the whole community. When labor er’ hen and raising only thoroughbred ful cburcb was built wblcb 8erved
his highest admiration? Were these elevations and depressions are scrap- j8 j,|gj| priced and scarce, the ranch­ stock. W, A. Ford of Umatilla and ithe community for a time. Soon aft-
the impressive things that will ling­ ed to a level over which water flows erg exchange work during the hay- Will Rhodes of Columbia w 1th the 81 a Catholic society was organized
and a church built as the result of
Phone 331
er longest in his memory? Not a bit by gravity. The cost of leveling var- | ,ng season. This not only solves the white leghorn and J. D. Waghorn of
th labors of Father Butler who has
les with the lay of the land. The cost ]abor problem but fosters the spirit Hermiston with the Rhode Island
of it.
•
been
resident
priest
for
13
years.
1 The Yard of Best Quality
Separately and collectively he of tile orgln'al construction of the 0{ neighborliness. Individual buying Red are among those that are boost­ In 1909 the Methodists built a small
H. M. STRAW. MGR.
found much fuvor to say. He ad­ water system was >70 per acre which , all(j selling was found unsatisfactory ing for a greater egg production.
church which wea remodeled into a
mitted that they are fine. But they Is assessed against the land to be | so collective bargaining soon came In-
Alfalfa Principal Crop
parsonage
ln
1917,
but
the
war
Exdutive Representatives of National Builders Bureau
Alfalfa raising is the principal in­ prices ot building material delayed
ere not the things which will haunt paid In 20 annual Installments. The j to Vogue. Tho Jersey Dairy associa-
operation and maintinence charge is
his dreams of America. What he also assessed against the land and av­ tlon, the Hay Growers’ association, dustry of the project for the Band, the construction of a new church un­
remembers with most pleasure, Is erages >1.75 per acre. Title to public The Apple Growers association, The water and summer heat make ideal til 1921. In April 1922 the M. E.
Potato Growers’ association, are good conditions for the growing of this society dedicated a handsome com­
“the unbelievably sweet voice, the lands is acquired by complying with
examples of cooperative endeavor. crop. After a field has a good ‘stand’ modious edifice, modern in every de­
constant sweet nature and the extra­ the homestead act as suppllmented by
The Cooperative Creamery and the it need not be reseeded for 10 years tail and ample for the needs of the
ordinary resourcefulness of the typi­ tho Reclamation Act.
Farmer's Exchange, both of which or more. Each year the grower gets community for years. Other socities
cal American woman telephone op­
closed their doors soon after the war, three cuttings and sometimes four, organized a few years ago and hold­
Project Opened in 1908
erator.”
For quick results on
The project was opened to settlers stand out ln contrast as failures ln depending on the length of the sea­
ing regular services are Free Method­
There will be general agreement In 1908 and now the ntanless land this line. Farmers as a class seem to
son. An acre produces from 4 to 6 ists, Christian Science and Seven Day
all metalware use
that tnls Jupanese visitor hus paid was ready for the landless man. Lit­ be suspicious of their fellows, so dis­
tons per year, the first cutting about Adventists, The total seating sapaclty
a deserved tribute to a group of erature advert’sing the project was satisfaction over the management and
June, and the others coming at inter­ of the churches is about 1000 but not
Americans whose labors in an often sent broadcast and settlers cams better prices elsewhere hastened the
exasperating and always
nerve from dry land farming sections and end of the cooperative creamery. In vals of about 6 weeks. The hay Is us. more than one third that number at­
ually put in stacks, then baled and tend services regularly,
^training occupation are performd from districts where rainfall is ex­ the case of the Farmer's Exchange
shipped to distant points. It 1 b a fine
Tho business men of Hermiston
Cleans • Scours • Po-'isnes
usually with courteous putlence nnd cessive, to build homes in the sand which handled coal, feed, produce and
firm maintenance of poise some­ nnd make a living for their families. groceries, the patronage was all that sight in the late summer to see the are boosters and are olive to every
fields of the project dotted with opportunity to help the town. A
times unappreciated. He is entitled On the whole, a good class of settlers could be desired, but the extestve
Large
to a floral tribute from the telephone came, among them college graduates credit given to members and the stacks of alfalfa of varying shapes strong commerical club, affiliated
cake
women ln America. More than that nnd some professional people who slump in price of farmers’ produce and sizes.
with the state Chamber of Commerce
The poor marketing facilities have Is maintained, which meets every
he is entitled to the thanks of .all were tired of their chosen professions. made It impossible to collect accounts
reasonable Americans for reminding Those that came thinking that the and forced the business into a receiv­ given rise to the Columbia River Tuesday noon at a hotel luncheon to
Alfalfa Growers’ association, organ­ discuss community Interests. The
them from afar of an advantage they only thing necessary was to turn on er’s hands.
ized ln 1921, composed of growers in membership is not limited to resi­
M a n fa c to e rz Eaoch M e rfia ’« Seas Ce., Rew York, U. S. A.
_
perhaps nre Inclined to overlook.
the life giving water to make abund­
One of the first institutions to be this vicinity and in the neighboring
And more than that still, he has ant shocks of alfalfa spring forth,
dents of the town but farmers are
q c 3 a = 3 a ( Z 3 o c z i a t ~ i n i —
o
—
i
established 1 nthe new community relgon of the state of Washington.
not only bestowed prnlse where were quickly disillusioned; for to
eligible and often attend the meetings
was a school. For a year thore was This association has its headquarters
Much constructive work has been ac­
praise was due but discovered some­ transform a d' sert into a desirable
prlvnte instruction for t h e ' five at HermiBton and employs a manger
thing wholly new to suy on a topic abode for human beings 1 b a slow,
complished under the leadership of
worn to a frazzle by cohntless laborious discouraging p r o o a s i . children of the employees of the Max­ the year around to find a market for E. P. Dodd for the betterment of the
well Co. In the spr'ng of 1906 a the surplus hay. During the past
strangers within our gatos who have Many of the settlers were not experi­
town and vicinity. In view of the
school district was organized with 12 season the crop wag marketed at a
been harried with questions ubout It. enced farmers, some had never work­
close competition of the mall order
pupils. It is said that several children cost of practically >1 per ton and
— Condon Globe-Times.
ed so light a soil or handled Irrigation were ‘borrowed’ to moke the neces­ several cars shipped as far as the houses and of the city of Pendleton
the merchants do their utmost to
tvater, others disliked the smell of
W ESTEBN LITERARY MAGAZINE the sage brush, the howling of the sary number to receive a district Atlantic coast.
maintain pleasant business relations
school. Miss May Skinner was the
"The Lariat” of Portland, Oregon,
The C. F. McNaught Co. owns and with the ranchers, for they realize
makes Its bow as a literary monthly coyote or the frequent sand storms, first public school teacher.
operates a mill in Hermiston in which that the life of the town depends up­
while
others
had
Insufficient
capital
A4our room school house was built alfalfa is baled, chopped or ground. on the business thkt flows to and
the only publication of tlie ktnd west
of New York, devoted exclusively to to tide them over what Is known as in 1906 and two teachers employed. Ground alfalfa is shipped ln 100 from the town through the arteries
discussion and criticism of literary tho starvation period. It takes years The first class to graduate from a pound sacks, while the chopped pro­ of trade.
matters. Wcstorn writers will find of toil to Improve a place and make four year high school course was in duct is blown into freight cars and
A butte 150 feet high and covering
It of great Interest as voicing western It produce a ltv'ng for a family and 1910 when two students were award­ shipped to various places to be used about 10 acres Is an old land mark
pay
for
Itself
There
were
plenty
of
ed diplomas Each season finds famil­ as cattle and hog feed. It is economy of basaltic formation, about one-half
standards of expression, whom It is
considered that (he west has never discouragements and consequently ies leaving the project but the annual to grind or chop the hay as it lessen» mile west of town. The city utilizes
produced a writer of the degenerate many who did not possess the pioneer Influx exceeds the exodus, so that waste by a large percent.
this elevation as a reservoir site to
«chool, but all western fiction, po­ spirit, sold out their holdings at a it has been necessary to add on the
An average crew of 9 men work at store the water supply for domestic
etry and drumas nre dean nnd whole­ loss nnd moved on to greener pas­ average one teacher a year until the
the mill the year around preparing purposes. The water is pumped from
tures.
some, from the days of the pioneer
number totalB 14. In 1910 an 8 room
“ We Weld Anything But tbe Break of Day”
the product3 t°r market. Besides the wells nears the center of town by
It
required
grit
and
stick-to-lt-lve-
addition was built to the school and
ln literature down to tho present.
gasoline
engines
and
forced
into
the
baling
done
at
the
mill,
there
are
8
The first number l4 for January, 1923 ucss to sow a field to expensive alfal­ now every hit o favallable space is or 10 baling outfits on the project reservoir to be distributed as needed.
and has Just been published. Col. E. fa seed only to see Ihe high wind utilized. In 1921 a union district which work in the fields during the Many leaks have sprung Into the
Hofer the editor nnd publisher, has next day blow It over into a neigh­ was formed which united Columbia.
wooden pipes and more water Is lost
bor’s field. Thla was a serious prob­ Cold Springs, Minnehaha, Westland good weather.
presented with his first issue, an in­
ln transit than is delivered to pat­
lem
for
a
number
of
years
how
to
Dairying Important
and Hermiston districts for high
teresting and well made up magazine.
rons. The water comes from shallow
combat the effect of (he high winds school purposes. Each morning sees
Dairying naturally goes hand ln
wells that are not absolutely pure
on the light soil. It was finally solv-
. .
.
...
.
. , 1 ,our »“ to buses bringing happy boys hand with the production of alfalfa, and every summer a typhoid fevef
ed
by
covering
the
seed
area
with
and
g|r,„
tQ
n
centr„
Bchoo,
wher((
for the plant contains the necessary
♦
«
B,,d. r,,n" "g a ’ "C <’Ver lt I th®y enjoy the advantages of a good ¡elements of food for dairy stock and scare Is the result. Several problem!
* 0. A. C. FARM REMINDERS *
face the city ln this connection; the
P a rk e r D u o fo ld $7.CO
♦
« which produces the effect of a stub- (trildB ach° o, #n<, R Btandard hlgh In proper proportions. During the drilling of deep wells for pure water
.1* '
,h® 8and ,ron’ school, he toll enrollment during the w»f th'» industry suffered a set-back
supply,
the
laying
of
concrete
pipes
blowing. The setting out of many j
Parker Duofold Jr. $5.00
year 1921-22 wns 350.Football, bask­ for hay brought such high prices that and the construction of a sewer syst­
One egg now Is worth two In the !
spring. It Is important that the birds i popular nnd locust trees as wind , et ball, base ball, track work, decla­ many ranchers reduced their dairy
Parker Lady Duofcld $5.00
em. At present each modern house
go to roost with a good full crop ' breaks, and the Increased vegetation ; mation, debate, dramatics, chorus, herds and marketed their hay. as has a septic tank to take care of its
See them in our window
In the area have rediiccd the effect of !
orchestra end band are the outside milking and caring for stock is con­ sewerage.
during cold weather. A little extr
storms to an appreciable extent. The
sidered
drudgery.
When
the
post-war
related
student
activities.
Some
of
grain In a trough an hour after the!
Light and power are supplied by a
depredations of jack rabbitB on grow­
the students nre members of indust­ slump In prices came, there was prac­ private corporation. The Hermiston
regular grain feeding at night will j
ing crops, those of coyotes nnd mag­
rial clubs under competent leader­ tically no market for hay, so dairy­ Light A Power company from thjlr
help to ol tain tl is ci - dltion. It takes
pies on poultry, and the undermining
more fuel for tho
furnace dur­
ship, and besides be‘ng benefited by ing was revived .The first Jersey hydro-electric plant on the banka of
¡of ditch« banks by gophers were
JEWELER and W ATCHMAKER
the club work, the students compete Dairy Association In Oregon was the Umatilla rivef two miles west of
ing cold wi.,l'..c. . ixl heavy produc­
j other discouraging features of the
M e rm te « w n , O r e g e n
I with others in the county for free formed on the project in 1913, for town. This plant furnishes current
tion than when the birds nre molt ; settlers.
trips to the state fair. caNrly every ¡ranchers are anxious to produce only
Ing nnd resting.
"G
IF
T S TU A T L jlS T "
Ideal Spo*i For Fruit
fall the Hermiston schools have a^,h* bpBt in this line. All scrub stock for Echo, Stanfield, Hermiston and
Umatilla.
Constant
service
is
main­
In his book, “Helping Men Own representative at the fair. The pat- :ba8 been eliminated nnd registered
' v te
e - » i.-idurtive to
tained atid the streets of the town
heavy egg production. A little extra Farms,” Elwood Mead, colonization • ions take an interest in their schools 'flock featured. Large dairy barns are are lighted all night. Many of the
labor In supplying luke warm water expert of the University of California and recently purchased a 4 acre tract being built and milking machines in-
house wives are solving the servant
on cold inornlngH is woll repuid by a tells o f the Durham settlement and I adjoining the school grounds for an »tailed to be driven by gas or electric- problem and taking the drudgery out
how It wns made a success. Not every athletic field. This serves as the cen- jn r, A creamery opened In the spring
presentable egg basket.
one that applied wa8 given a tract. ! Ier of athletic activities of town and
1922 under private ownership, is of house work by using the “silent
Bees need he kept quiet for the 1 fn"Cjr WOrl1 and ,nd08,l'lal work of „chool. The quest on confronting the •“ P0"1’!«” to use all the butter fat servant" in various capacities, for
sweeping, sewing, wasMng. Ironing
next two or three months. Avoid dis­ the school boys nnd girls. The ex- patrans of the high school district Is 'Produced on the project, and the 700 ad cooking.
Echo, Oregon
hlblts
are
supplemented
by
lecturers
erecting
a
modern
building
to
ac-j
Pound
dally
output
finds
a
ready
turbing them for any reason. If pos­
The
character
of
a
people
Is
pro­
sible. If late feeding is necessary It and stock Judging by experts from comodate a growing student body ¡market
tray ed in the ways they spend their
should be done an quickly aa possible the O A. C. A feature of the show is lhat ha„ doubled In number In three ' One ot the affairs of community
leisure time. A picture show, the
he
two
day
milking
contest
In
which
years.
High
taxes
and
the
financial
Interest
Is
the
annual
Dairy
and
Hog
by using warm syrup.
as many rue .5 of the best cows have stringency are the factors delaying Show held early In October ln the Play House, has performances three
evenings a jreek Th* pictures dis­
Ordering qui en bees for early de­
’he proposition.
permanent sheds and buildings ereet- played are usually of a high class and
Honey Coming to Front
but every man whose application was ed for that purpose Here the beet
livery is advl.able at this time as
the patronage la liberal. During the
the queen supply is limited.
Another by-product of alfalfa and accepted was required to have a sum registered and grade stock on the
winter the community supports g
.—
trull raising la honey, and thia Is of money large enough to build a project la on display for two days, and
lyeeum course which brings Into the
Lack of coal drives people to new
becoming one of the leading In. home and purchase some necessary these with the thorobred Duroc
town standard programs of lectures,
In tercet in tho scientists’ promise dustrles of the project. The alfalfa equipment, but besides he must have hogs attract large crowds from the
4»
music and various other kinds of
that some day we ll tap the heat of "nd "Pbl* blossoms furnish rich fields had nome experience la intensive surrounding country Herm<aton Du-
entertainment and educatinosl at- I
The Superior Product of Scientific Milling
the aun. Rut no aoontr do we start ,or b®« ’«raz ng’. Hermiston honey is farming or adaptability for thl» ktnd roe hogs from O«orge 8trohm’s ranch
tractions. These courses ore given fL i
looking Into that source of supply known throughout the state and to of work. Had the government follow- have won first prize In the ear load
Makes Better Bread
nanclal hacking by a committee of
than we find tho sun’s got a huge 8O1“8 ot ,b* rancher, who own hund- ed the same measures, no doubt, exhibit at the Pacific International
Istersated citizens. The local school
Try a Sack
hole In It, gtonlng bigger.
,ed8 of »<»“<>*. bees are a source of there would not have been eo many Exposition for three consecutive
also provide entertainment in the
Income which rune Into the thous- failures who left the project aana years, 1919-21. The show Is expand-
News front the Near E a s t sa y s’ends. The names of Bancroft. Wine- money, sane, adaptability and sans Ing In scope and now Includes display form of plays, operetta
Qtyr ^rrmiatun ^rrali)
PIONEER HISTORY OF
¡Just Received
g
in Stock
Nice Soft Pine
E
Table Tops
and
Table Legs
Regulation Sizes
Let us show them to you
s
!
Inland Empire Lumber Company
C o o k in g U t e n s i ls Tf* CLEAN
SAPOLIO
Pennsylvania T ires
Are Good Tires
Buy Them at
Knerr’s Repair
Shop
THE IDEAL
CHRISTMAS GIFT
WM. H. OGDEN
Echo Flour Mills
-- manufacturers of -
High Grade Patent
Blue Stem Flour
™t
” **'*" ‘ Cm,n‘T ne® "•••*"• <«**’<a‘lon and in Hermtaton in particular, hut with a<
Harntlston rial ma to ba the «malt-
**r>y *wnia*r >h® tow*
the »tat« markets. Beee arc also of alder knowledge from the school of eat town to hav» a Carnegie library. ! Continued on Page 2 Special Section