THE HEBMISTOH HERALD. HERMISTON^ OREGDys ’
FORTS
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Uncle Sam Hae Them foe te le an*
Published every Thursday at Her-
Their Acquisition Might Be
Well Worth While,
Bitetpn. Umatilla County, Oregon by
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Raymond Crowder, Editor and Man rm*
Score« of old forte In the United
ager.
Entered as second elans matter, States are for sale. We don’t need
forte any more, except around the
December 190« at the postoffice at edges of the country and can spare j
cigarettes
Hermiston, Oregon.
a good many of those.
Antiquated forte are to go at auc
Subscription Rates
tion and other means of sale, and
For One Year ------------------------>2.00 there is a chance to secure some old- j
For Six Months -------------------->1.00
fashioned masterpieces and military i
antiques.
t
Payable In Advance.
The real future value of these forts
lies chiefly in their display to tour-
Classified or Local Advertising
10 cents per line for first insertion. Ists. Tourists are presently going to
Minimum charge 25 cent*. Subse he one of the best money-mnklng prop- '■
osltions In the United 8tates.
quent insertions 5 cents per line.
As few suspected the millions of
AMMUN TOMCnXOi
dollars that lay in the movies, so the
THE SORT OF LUCK ARIZONA value of tourists Is not yet appre
ciated as it will be when they begin
LEGION WISHED DEMPSEY
to come every summer In armies, mov
No. 9281.
Reserve Diet. No. 12
If you study^the map of Arizona ing eastward and westward.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
Every
tourist
will
have
from
S.’U
X
)
you w ill find that in certain parts
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of the state there are miles and to >500 to spend, and the town with
the roost "sights" and enjoyments Is
miles of desert land nothing but going to get the moet greenbacks. a t Hermiston, in th e S ta te o f Oregon, a t the clow
o f bu*ine*»s. J une 30, 1923
rand.
Maine’s »45,000,000 a year from tour
RESOURCES
NatlirzI’y this waste land is In ists will be but a small portion of the 1 Loan* and d isc o u n t* .............. 8217.020 43 217.O2O.4i:
Overdraft*, secured ................... I .............
no way an asset to the state and It’s money circulated.
...
180.18
l-M-.I-
Every town near an old fort should U. 8 Unsecured
Inhabitants have no reason or In.
. bonds to secure circulation (par
get
it
In
this
bargain
sale;
and
should
value)
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.....
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d
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cllnation whatsoever to brag of ihe
acquire everything else that will con- ' A ll oth er U. 8 . G ovt, »ecurhie* (includ
fact. But there is a body o l men
ing prem ium , if any)
2.204 33 8, 154.3.r<
stllute a '‘show.” Perhaps some city
w ithin It’s borders in whose make, will mother an annual world's fair. O lhcr bond*, stock*, »ecuritie*, etc
67,074.72
up there is sand, that quality which It might pay.—St. Louts Globe-Demo Banking house ............................. 8,000 00
Furniture, fixture*
..........
2,433.33 10,433.33
is known among men as grit; of thin crat.
Real esta te ow ned other than banking
h o u se....................
6,281.76
they have a Just right to be proud.
Law ful reserve w ith Federal R eserve
We refer to the American Legion POINTER RETRIEVED THE HAT
bank
21,018.76
Cash in vault and am ount due from N a t
of Arizona. These men demon
ional bank*
39,108.86
strated they are 100 per cent for the Seaming,y a Cate Whara Dog, In Clas- Total o f Item* 9, 10. 11. and 13. 39,106.86
M iscellaneous cash item * ........................
248.32
aio Phrase, “ Seen His Duty'
principles that their organization
Redemption fund w ith U. S. Treasurer
and Dona It.”
stands for by the resolution which
and due from U. S . Treasurer
812.60
was adopted after the Dempsey-
A good-looking pointer dog was trot
T o t a l...................................................... 8360,180.60
Glbbon» fight.
ting timidly along Ohio street In front
LIABILITIES
W hile a good many were wishing of the Federal building. Ha plainly Capital stock paid i n .............................. 25,000.00
was
uneasy
and
was
making
hla
way
Dempsey luck, some of them even
Surplus fund
......
10,000.00
.... - - ......... 15,364.32
sending him floral horse-shoes, as In n sort of bewilderment through the Undivided profits
crowd near Pennsylvania street.
R eserved for in t., ta x es, accrued 2.000.00
a token of their wishes, these men
A woman’s black sailor hat came
temembered his actions during Ihe rolling along in the high wind. It Total .............................................. 17.364.32
L ess current ex p en ses, int. and
late world war and passed resolu careened among scurrying feet, but
taxes paid
17,364.82
tions regretting Ihe fact I hut Gib none stopped It. Thirty yards or more Circulating notes outstanding ..........
6,250.00
behind In laughing chase wns a young Car ifted checks outstanding
165.00
bons didn't "knock his block off."
Cashier’s check* outstanding.
3,358.81
colored woman.
They realized that he proved him
The dog saw the hat and although Total o f item s 21, 22,23. 24 and 25 3,513.81
self a coward when his country not near It ran In chase. He galloped Demand deposits:
220,806.35
needed him and had enough sand and along beside It, striking at It occa Individual d eposits subject to check
Certificates o f d ep osit due in less than 30
grit to tell the world about It by sionally ns If trying to let It know It
days (other than form oney borrowed) 21,568.88
sliotild slop. He seemed not to wish S tate, county or other m unicipal d eposits 29,294.47
the resolution which was udopted.
to touch It for fear of doing it damage. Divideuds unpa'd ...................................... 3,000.00
The American I.eglon of Arizona
Finally he became exasperated and
Total demand d eposits
274.661.70
wou!4 have gladly sent Dempsey a enugbt It In his mouth. Holding one Tim e Deposits:
borse-shoo providing It had been foot on It lie looked around to see what Certificates o f d eposits (other than for
money borrowed)
23,337.67
placed in Gibbon's glove and landed should he done.
23,645.67
The colored glri got her hat all right, Total o f tim e d eposits
Ion the point of Ills oppnnontH Jaw.
Total
.................................................. 8360.130.50
This sort of sand and grit that is Ihe pointer yielding it with a proud S tate o f Oregon
f .
strut. He got a pat on the head and s
County o f Um atilla » ’
apparent In the ranks of the Ameri kind word Unit made him jump for Joy.
I. 3. C. Lochrie. cashier o f the above named
can Legion of Artzonn reflects Just
do solemnly sw ear that th • above statem ent
The colored woman went on her bank,
is true to the best o f my knowle Ige ami belief.
credit to the organization and the way, and the dog linlf-wla,fully began
8 . C. LOCHRIE. Cashier
his senrch for a way out of the crowd.
Subscribed and sworn to before m e this 7th day
state.
—Indianapolis News.
of J u ly . 1928.
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Woman and a Bank.
IF IT'S A LAW LET'S ENFORCE OR
One of my tenants was a young wom
REPEAL IT
an who clerked in a large mercantile
The Herald has been censured for
the stand It liaa taken In regard to
the breaking and utier disregard of
ih e city'» traffic ordinances. Wb-
wish io em phatically state that Just
so long as the city council of Hermis
ton pass ordinances to govern the In
habitants of our city, and we deem
them necessary lor tlie welfare and
safety of Ihe puhlle, us wo do these
In question, we are going to recom
mend their enforcement.
The law-abiding citizen w ill obey
them
w ithout
q u estion —'bthefs
Should be mnde to do so.
If It’s law let us see that it Is
enforced without fear or favor. It
1,’s a bum one that no one wnnts.
let’s lake ateps to repeal it.
A man recently sued his wife In a
Chicago court for divorce on the
grounds that in spite of Ihe fa d they
had lived toReiher a year she hud
never spoken Io him. The Judge
phould liuve ascertained whether or
not the woman was deaf and dumb.
If she wns nol the man who brought
the suit should have been fined for
contempt of court.. There Is no
« n m y i who call refrain from talk
ing this long.
We are wonderlh* If President
Harding look due notice of all the
work that ihe O. W. II. & N. Co.,
w ent to In preparing for his coming.
And did he notice that the weeds
were cut beside the track. That the
whitewash crew had been out plying
their brushes; that the pump engine
was hi,ehrt, In Messner w hile his
train stooped, b *t 11 r noise disturb
his auditory iv i ■ oiih system; that
every water tank along Ihe line was
filled leat thtrst overcome him; In
fa c t that everything was in lip lop
shape; that i d
the least thing
should cause annoyance Io his royal
highness? We look into the future
and see the time when we, too, shall
he accorded such honor that our com
ing shall cause weeks of prepara
tion.— Boardman Mirror.
Molten Lava W e,de Volcanoes.
George Hillman rend a paper before
the Geographical society descriptive
of an ascent a year ago of Kilimanjaro,
which he alluded io as Africa’s high
est mountain. The party which he
led were the first to ascend after the
mountain luid become British terri
tory. From wherever across the sur
rounding steppes one approached the
Isolated mountain mass two outstand
ing features Impressed themselves nt
once—the tremendous size, coupled
with great height, and the almost In
credible contras, between the tropica,
half desert below and the alpine dee
ert above. Structurally. Kilimanjaro
consisted of three single sirato-votea
noes, each of which had had I,a own
origin and history. Through mutual
Interbedding of the lavnl flowa. how
ever, all three had grown Into one
guild complex strato volcano.
office. She handed me a check for the
usual amount but she had used a dif
ferent form.
“I see you have changed your bank,"
I remarked.
“Oh, no, not at all," she replied.
“But tills check Is drawn on the Lln-
roln-Alliance and I thought you bonked
with Ihe Merchants."
“So I do," she explained. "But I ran
out of checks of my own hank and so
I Sorrowed one from a friend In the
office who banks with the I.lneoln AI-
llanee."
"And you have no account there?"
I asked.
“Why, no, of course not.”
I tried to explain. But—oh, well,
what's the use? She wns vexed. I
had Inferred doubt of her honesty. I
was no gentieinnn. She had better
move, she declared. And she moved.—
Rochester Iiemoerat and Chronicle.
P la n
to Roof Ovsr Rlvsr.
A roof over the Chicago river ten
miles In length, enrrylng boulevards,
parks, garages and oil filling stations,
lias been proposed as the solution of
Chicago’s traffic problem. The roof
would be 200 feet wide, of nine-inch
concrete supported on concrete piling
sunk Into the river bed. On the roof
would he two sidewalks, fifteen fee,
wide; two boulevard* fifty feet wide,
and a vacant apace In the center sev
enty feet wide. Tlie proposed plan
would no, Interfere with river traffic
as I, would be constructed from twenty
to thirty fee, above the surface of the
water.
O tto G . Sapper. N otary Public for Ore.
My commission exp ires Ju ly 17, 1925
Correct—A ttest:
F. B. SW AYZE.
R. A L E X A N D E R
J . R. RALEY
D irectors.
MADE ATTACK ON ST. JOHN
sw eo aooe
LTRy
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is the inspiring roar of Old Ocean and the charm of its
many beaches where those glorious V A C A T IO N
haunts are. It will be a great surprise and delight to
•ee the vast improvement* that have been made to
insure the pleasure of visitors to
North Beach
Clatsop Beach
Tillamook Beaches
o r Newport
i where every conceivable form of restful health-giving
recreation may be enjoyed. A sk our agent for our
’ “ Outings in the Pacific Northwest** and “ Oregon
O utdoors.** T h ey tell the whole dory in word
and picture. Then purchase a Round-Trip Summer
Excursion T icket via
U nion P acific S ystem
Give the Hens a Chance s
Nature made a hen to lay egg». She
w ill lay in winter and summer, if
you’ll only give her a chance.
A new, well-lighted, warm, sanitary
chicken house is a real investment.
It mean* two things that make big
poultry profits— early hatches and
more eggs.
Call at this office and inspect plans
of poultry houses which have been
designed with the “more eggs'' idea.
which gives that wonderful trip through the Columbia
River (»orge. Our agent wilt be glad to arrange your
itinerary and make your reservation.
F. C. W0UGHTER, AGENT
Hermiston, Oregon
w m . mcmurray
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General Passenger Agent
Portland. Oregon
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Inland Empire Lumber Company !
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I have Equipped my Shop with a
900 Lb. Electric Driven Hammer
1 The Yard of Best Quality
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H . M. S T R A W . MGR.
and Electric driven Drill Pres», taak-
lng It the best equipped shop in the
west end of th is county.
H A R M A N ’S
B la c k s m it h S h o p
asua
S u b s c r ib e N o w
Daring Raid of Maieachusetta Man
Had Consequences That Were
Felt for Many Year«.
-to th e -
Stephen Smith of Machine, Maine,
I delegate to the Massaehus. Its ron-
gresa, made a raid on St. John, N. B„
In August. 1770. He burned (lie bar
racks and destroyed Ihe for,, which
was protected by only four men, and
raptured a brig, of 120 tons, Inden with
oxen, sheep and swine, which were
Intended ior the British troops at Bos
ton. This sudden raid had the effect
of putting the British authorities on
the alert, and vessels of war were sen,
to erulse In the Bay of Fund» to pro
tect the settlements along Its shores.
The people of Machias, emboldened
hy the success which attended their
first raid, attempted to seize and hold
the fort at St. John, but were driven
away-by a force sent from Halifax.
■ In consequence of this second raid on
: St. John, a block house and stockades
were erected on a hill overlooking the
hnrbor, nnd dignified by the name of
Fort Howe. Two years after this
event about 000 Indians assembled at
the mouth of the Jen,seg-for the pur
pose of destroying the settlement of
Maugervllle, hut the people escai>ed
across the river to Oromocto, where a
fort had been erected. This wns the
Isst threat of IndlBn wnr, nnd In the
following year, 1790. numbers of In
dian* assembled at Fort Howe nnd
sworn alleglunce to King George.
Hermiston
Herald
Need Knowledge of Timber.
Nowhere Is there a greater need for
knowledge of timber growing than In
the eastern states, says the forest
service. United States Department of CAN’T FOOL DIAMOND DEALER
Agriculture. In this section the rela
tively dense population, the enormous Men Who Handle Precious Stonea
Have Many Ways of Detecting
Industrial demands for Umber, and the
Those Which Are "Fakes.”
large nrens of lands best fitted for
forests all unite ,o urge timber pro
For the reason that the traffic In
duction on a large scale.
Imitation precious stones Is growing,
diamond merchants nowadays are
Nsw Rubbsr-Msklog Process.
An invention by means of which obliged to devote more time than for
rubber Is Impregnated with nitrogen merly to tlie detection of fakes. The
gas, thereby filling I, with Innumer experienced denier can often tell a
able cells, may revolutionise the mak- ! faked stone nt a glance.
Onee suspicion falls on a stone I,
Ing of robber. Onaaote Is the name
of the new product. A ball of It was Is subjected to various tests. For ex
subjected to a pressure of 82,000 ample. the gem may be placed In wa
pounds. In 24 hours It reasserted ter, and watched ,o see If I, loses Its
Itself sufficiently to hit the celling brilliance. If this happens, the stone
when bounced from the ground. It Is discarded at onee as being fslse.
is more buoyant than cork In water.
Amdher water test consists in plac
ing a drop of water on the stone. The
Wall Covered.
water globule Is then touched light
“Couldn't get any coal out your ' ly with the point of a pencil. If the
way? How In the world did you man- ■ globule breaks tlie stone Is a fake.
age to keep warm?" “Oh, we have
Sometimes a black do, Is made on
a blanket mortgage on the place, you a piece of white paper, and the dia
know.—Boston Transcript.
mond held In front of It. If the atone
Is an Imitation Ilia do, appears
FARM BUREAU ASK SHOW DOWN blurred.
The hardness of a stone Is another
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deciding factor. A real diamond can
ha filed with the hardest Instrument
Topolle.
without being scratched.
A faked
Finally, having In mind the atone will crack and probably break
large, the Columbia Farm Bureau, of up under the process.
Hermiston. Oregon, respectfully ap
Tha convle, gang boss In Florida
peals to your organization. In the
name of fairness and for the sake who killed the North Dakota boy
of greater harmony, to recede from by whipping him has been found
Its position In regard to the referen. guilty, hut of course w ill appeal.
dum of the Oleomargarine bill
The ayes of the country w ll ba on
that case
Columbia Farm Bureau.
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and keep informed of
the events and happen
ings in your commun
ity.
A lighted m a tc h to th e w ick and y o u r
oil cookstove is in sta n tly read y . It co n
c e n tra te s clean, ste a d y h e a t directly
on th e cooking utensil.
N o coal o r w ood to lug, o r ash es to
shovel o u t—a clean, cool kitchen free
from d irt an d sm oke.
T o o b tain best results, use P e a rl Oil
—th e clean-burning, uniform k ero
s e n e —scientifically refined an d re
refined by a special process.
P e a rl Oil is sold by d ealers ev e ry
w h ere. F o r y o u r o w n protection ord er
by n a m e — P e a rl Oil.
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