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■ Wrmtefcm Invaiò VOL. XVIII MOIHERS-DAUGHTERS BANQUET IS SUCCESS HERMISTON. UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. MARCH 6, 1924 HERMISTON LOCALS "OUR MARY" CHARMS IN HER NEW "TESS' Local Water System Compared With Other Cities No, 26 HOME PRODUCTS SHOULD BE PROTECTED A very pleasant bridge party was enjoyed at the home of Mrs. C. S. 11 ...... - — ........ . ................................................. ...................... ——-------------------------------------- Favorite Artist in Favorite Photo McNaught last Thursday, The hos It will be noted that the bonded ■ is, two and one-half times as much I afford to waste three-fourths of the play the R u e Combination tesses were Mrs. J. W. Campbell, indebtedness! of Hermiston is less | soap is required in the hydrant I annual contribution of water users at Playhouse Theatre Mrs. J. W. Ralph und Mis. C. S. Mc- than that of her many neighbors water. Figured on an estimated to a leaky system, providing a both on a basis of population and basis of average cost of soap to a trinkling stream of hard and treated COVERS LAID FOR MORE THAN Nuught. At the Playhouse MSrch 8 and 9 SO SAYS C. E. SPENCE, THE STATE assessed valuation. It will also be family the saving in soap "per year water from an impure source. Plans TWO HUNDRED GUESTS Been that no city has a good water by use of the artesian water wouldl* and specifications could be made Mary Pickford, the illustrious star MARKET AGENT Mrs. J. K. Shutwell entertained system with a good supply of pure be approximately $1000 in Hermls* after carefully investigating all the makes her appearance in her new Thursday afternoon ih honor of water for less than about $100 per ton. This does not take Into con-| facts pertaining to the subject. We new screen version u( “Tess of the | capita. This Is about what farm*- siderallon the additional savjng in can remain negligent of our health Storm Country.” a United A rtists; Absurdity Show„ of Shipping j jg . Program of Speeches and Musical , Mra- Gordon sfootweil. ers must pay for a good cased well elbow grease and wear of clothes and that of our children and careless l elease. Numbers Rendered.. Fathres --------- lions of Dollars Worth of Pro- Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Boynton and * “ .h Pump without fire in washing. One large city in Ohio of our finances, and retrograde: or, Serve. May be Made An It is truly a combination of a „v,,. _. . o j . . . , protection or the convenience of by softening its water supply saves we can speed our progress and add duce Abroad Each Year nual -Affair / chilren cpent Sunday in Hermiston pressure for his home. Except in Its inhabitants $300,000.00 annual to our health without Increasing favorite artist in a favorite play our tax burden. visiting relatives. ' favored localities in a desert the ly. and the amusement seekers of this Before proceeding further a com . cost of good water does not vary are displaying a marked avidity C. E. Spence,'Market Agent plete quantitative analysis of the argy and settle down to the dregs Mrs. Gunn and »oh Hbhry. of nnlch ,rom *, 0 ° ,or pa<h user The Mothers at>t Daughters baa- water of all the wells should be ob of a small community. We can buck , ln «"^racing the opportunity offer happens to a country, state ir.....,ni.. __ a rv- ,ji , o . Hermiston now has three wells ' quet held ta Uht M. E. church on UmatiUa. motored to Pendleton Sat- |tha( mgy be eongtdgred One ,n tained. Though very important, the current hut we can only lose j ed for genuine diversion of a rare, or What private business that buys more the evening 'of February 29, proved urday. Mrtj. H. v* load accompan- present use; a new one at the butte strange to say, it is rarely done, and by each stroke of the oar and only , variety. Few photoplay classics i th!ui it aells? Anyone can answer a success »il> ,ev>.ry way. led tftfeuk and the artesian well. The old well people use the water largely just thia question. Now face this one: ______ t Is about 60 feet deep. It was cased because it Is wet. or cold or they m ark-on’ shore can w e \e ll ?hat w e P ^ At 7 :Jth dftiner was announced 1 applause as this one, and j„ one year thjg CQn„(ry sold cannot help themselves. The degree are slipping, not by watching the) A forty acre tract of land north T * ,o n o f aIkali ?he. cas nntl the ibotXiers with their daugh . . . .. _ tng Is doubtless porous and at any of hardness of the city well Is 229 torrent of the stream in which wej^udK*nK from the lnltiul popularity $27.336,000 of dairy products and ters; some their own, some borrow of town known as the Frank Krouse event the supply is from the sur- parts per million parts of weight of are struggling. of this release, it is destined to en in the same period bought $36.000.- ed; TOd Into the banquet room place, has been sold to George B. face. The new well was recently water. What these parts are we This article does only propose to joy many runs at various houses and 000. We bought of other countries do not now know. We do know xvWwe tables tastefully decorated Armstrong of Medford. Mr Arm- dug and boarded with lumber to a knock at the door of indifference. times In this section, and it de over eight and a half millions of •with ’olooming plants were laid for strong expects to move hts family dept!^of shout S5 feet. Water was however that they eoat teaket It Is up to the elected authority or serves this s'icess. ties, shorten the life of water met dollars more than tve ¡»old. Was struck and also cement gravel and the inherent power of the citizen on the plaae 1* the near future. mccv than two hundred. work has been temporarily suspen ers and plumbing connections and to smash that door down with an theie a dollar's worth of (his $36.- The fathers, who were serving, affect human organs, which any ded. Thia wall Is 300 feet from al Spring. Beautiful Spring 000,000 stock we bought that could A five acre tract belonging to falfa fields and in a natural badin court of inquiry may prove Water axe. gasped in alarm when they saw all Oh, now tho spring Is with us. the not have been produced at hornet The mayor and city council can that Is too hard affects the teeth, the tables were filled and an over to rn » Hoisington, situated on south or hollow surrounded by ditches stomach, kidneys and causes harden do this Job. They may want the poet’s Gentle Spring, Of hides we sold $4,806,000 and flow of more than thirty had to be bill, has been sold to A. M. Zeverely, which may break, and, unless tke ing of the arteries. popular demand and may be justi When all tho shoots are shooting we bought $118,917,000. yet the wall Is protected, fill the well with o t Moro, Oregon. served at an Improvised table. of the problems to consider fied in waiting for IL At present up, the first fly’s on tho wing sand and at beet with, Irrigation Is One hides the farmer has to «ell are whether the lift of 180 feet to they are the appointed leaders. Mra. Mena Waterman was toaat- The winter clothes are on the line, hardly worth bringing to market be water. The butte well, however, the top of the butte is worth all It MT. and Mra. T. C. McKanale ro- Or, the people can Initiate such mlatreSb and a very able one. ta an Improvement on the present the screens get dusted off. coats. Mr. E. I. Davie statee that a cause of the low price, while shoes After the guests were Bested all turned Saturday from Portland fcupply. The water was struck la 90 foot lift can he made for about measure«. The tyro sends for tons of seed the and all leather goods bring the high the artesian well nt a depth of 428 To make plans and specifications where they spent the p u t week. Joined tin singing “Praise God From while hie wife doth scoff. est prices. feet in a crevice la solid rock. 60 per cent. Tablee show that this requires money. The city Is the Whom all Blessings Flow.” A de- Above this water beginning at the pressure would give a fire head 60 proper source for such expense. Spring bonfires made of boots and Ergs, we sell eight and a half Miss Hermanson, who la employ point of discovery and lying between feet high. The present pressure Is ltsfhtful program followed consist- tires mix with the neighbor's stew. mlll on dollars’ worth abroad and Otherwise, If done, It may be by ed as stenographer at the First N»t- cay sing much of the leakage ln the the origin of the flow and surface ftng of tthlsttal numbers, both vocal So they go out and burn some tlree— then buy back six and a half mil popular subscription. jend Instrumental, and readings and *ona* *>ank- returned Monday morn conditions are two strstas of basalt mains and the consequent cost of the wind it turns toward you! pumping. Very few small towns lion dollars’ worth, and thousands and two of Impervious clay and ttossts. The speeches were all fine ,n« from Elensdale, North Dakota, shale. The well was cased to a lift water over 100 feet for fire pro YES. WF. HAVE NO WELL TO SELL The neighbor’s chickens feel th e , iof henneries have been forced to and ably rendered and were Well depth of 280 feet and drilling was tection and pressure. urge to take the open road, After the firs Installment of Mr. quit business during the past three Mrs. Norton, wife of the new continued in a dry hole, which has It Is suggested that a now sys Dodd’s article in regards to the local I think tomorrow T will serve stew -[years received with much applause, the tem provide a smaller storage re cashier of the First National Bank, proved the elimination of all surface subjects blending into each other In water system that appeared ln last ed chicken a la mode. And so on, a long schedule could such a way as to lead up directly j has “rrlved- and they are getting set- water. The artesian water was servoir near the present large re week’s Herald, we were accused of Some bards may sing of peeping ho auot„d. what a rldiculou!, gyg. servoir. using the smaller foF dally to the main speaker of the even- ;tled ln the,r new home. They have discovered ln a crevice or a hole in use and In the event of a big fire being ln league with him ln try Dowel's, the Hit of Joyous bird, . tem whftt needleBa waste work> ing to sell the Northeastern Oregon the basalt rock and not under a ing. Miss Peck, secretary of the leased the Putman residence. Mr. stratum. The driller claimed that open a valve from the bigger stor Oil Exploration company's well to But these, alas. I truly say. for long pgnge an„ m)dd!e proftts_shlpplng Umatilla county Red Cross, of Pen- and Mrs- Putman wl” **“t another a few feet either way from this fis age supply. Then pump direct Into the city. We have never at any I have not heard. our s0. cai|Pd Rurplus Btocks to Eu- dleton, who gave an unusually ln- house for awhi,e uhtil definite plans sure the drill would very likely the small reservoir and by a side line time advocated the buying of this I see my tulips break the ground, rope and binging back about as also Into the larger. This would well by the city. have passed the flow and the smlt terestlng address on "Ideal Relation can be made for the future. my crocuses I greet, tng o fthe rock on Thanksgiving save the throbbing in the mains and much of the same stocks. Our interest In the matter was to ship Between Mother and Daughter." morning would not have occurred. relieve the pressure and thereby re see Hermiston have an economical Next morn I haste to mark their "Over-production,” we hear of A F. Beisse returned Tuesday duce the loss from leakage. It would The banquet closed with a rising and pure .supply of drinking water. growth, what ruin do I meet. The discovery has given cause for this condition on every hand. Per also reduce the cost of pumping vote of thanks to the fathers who from « ¡trip to Portland. - - — '--r- Under the present conditions we are thanksgiving already to many. Not i®,-Per„?r"t.'.-„Th.e_8! ar.*2_lf 1 unable to boast of pure water and Each leaf Is scalloped round the haps It Is under-consumption caus a few suiferers from stomach trou so diligently and ably served the edge, the earth Is scattered wide, ed by the high expense of joy-rld- course, estimates and sugges only after a process of “‘doctoring’ Mr. and Mrs. Willard Felthouse bles, rheumatism and kidney trou tions but only unusual crowd. verified approximately by Is it fit to drink. All will agree Their roote are turning toward the ! ,ng ¿Ur prodJcta bles claim belief!’.« from its use and to Europe and left Sunday morning for Portland. The favors consisted of dainty sun— I sadly turn aside. a well worn automobile entrance engineers. Definite figures could that pure water Is an asset to any bringing like ones home again. <codA hooks. way and footpaths are mute evi be secured or several other plans in city. With the cesspools dug down My neighbor Is "so sorry: how did But be It either, would It not be a A. J. Upham, who has been visit dences of great numbers c.-nklng vestigated. to water and only a short distance About three hundred were serv- those hens get out!’* The city Is numnlng around 4,000,- hound to be contaminated. ing in California, has returned to pure water. good Idea to increase the tariff on ' ed and the ladles of the Aid feel Hermiston and is again visiting at The flow of the well is about 000 per month Into the system nnd The amount charged for water Her oft-expressed contrition with •these products that Imports cannot proud that the first Mothers and the home of his son. mind and tongue I flout. equal to what the city pumps In losing S.OOO.OftO gallons. The sn- here Is higher, ho far as we have come in here and take the market Daughters banquet proved to be cluding waste at this time. The ntthl cost last year Including Intereat been able (to ascertain, than any The sun will rise at six o'clock, the away from American farmers? on bonda was $5363. If the First The Baptist ladies will hold their driller claimed that any well flow such a get-together time, and they other town ln this state. Now if hens at five-fifteen. National bank ran its business this There Is a vast difference between hope to make it an annual affair. cooked food sale at Sappers store on ing such An amount could be In way how soon would a run run It other towns can afford a better sys And I at seven or thereabout— and Saturday, March 8, from 10:30 to 6. creased by pumping by five or six tho living and wage standards of tem than we have here and yet The ladles wish to thank all who out of business. If Hermiston mer Hades ln between. times. This is a feature that could charge a lower rate for water, Is chants conducted their businesses It not apparent that something is Each year it Is the same old thing, the United States and every country so ably and willingly helped with Mrs. .1. Deal, mother and hus be tested. of Europe, Asia and Africa. Since ln ttich matum hn-w long could they this banquet, especially those who All analyses of all surface waters If there were mistakes made a crocus loved and lost! band, who have been visiting at the show a heavy bacterial cotint and “carry” the people of the project wrong. when the present system was In Hew can I long for Gentle Spring (he war the differences have lncreee- were on the program. Frank Fowler home, returned Thurs- colon bacilli. These vary ln more A city run thi3 way must expect ex- stalled Is It not cheaper to try and dte This «Mtnt 17 simply rfannot at such a fearful cost? or less degree with the seasons in »■rrrlve taxes either direct or ln- IvlllxTUj dry to their home in Montana. tur vtii.u uu w and uaivs charge „****■ r» ■ It remedy the evils now compete with other nations and their Mrs. Alexander Thompson to Speak direct. If the water lost by leakage t0 experience, than continue paying the present city well and appear ln Mlefe Clorlnda Crabapple. low production costs. The present Under the auspices of the Com cnuld be saved It would perhaps Ir butte well. Four tests of the for them. Hermiston, March S. Mrs. Mumau and Son Harold left the tariff schedules are of little effect munity club Mrs. Alexander Thomp. artesian well show no such contam rigate the town, and at least the No. we are not trying to sell Mr. in keep lng out products that under son of Portland, will speak at the the latter part of last week for Cald ination. These tests were made by ten cents per front foot tax bo saved Dodd’s well. We are just as much o property op tiers. This alone Neighborhood Club News well, Idaho. the state health board. A well sell us. ln favor of one dug on the butte high school the night of March 10 The Neighborhood club will meet known Portland chemist states that would pay Interest on a $20.000 hs the one owned by the company The tariff on beef is 3 cents per at 8 o’clock. Mrs. Thompson, who bond issue and provide a sinking any surface well should be cleaned which Mr. Dodd represents. He has at the home of Mrs. Casady Wednes Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Day left Sat i s chairman of the legislative com out at least every two years, other fund that set aside annually and gathered some data concerning the day, March 12. Mrs. Hutchinson pound. Of what benefit Is this to the Oregon stockmen who are going mittee of the Oregon Federation of urday morning for La Grahdfe where wise media for breeding bacteria compounded at six per cent would water systems of neighboring town- nay off the bonds ln less than 28 and we believed his findings would will read a paper on “Culture ln broke every day? The tariff on WomanTs clubs, 1 b an exceptionally Mr. Day attended a convention of accumulate. Japan” nnd Mrs. Reid will give the eggs Is 8 cents, yet almost $7,000,- Chemical analysis shows alkali years, with no Increase in the $3.00 be Interesting to our readers. able speaker, and her talk will be school superintendents of eastern and a heavy degree of hardness In minimum. The proposition Is We believe the citizens of. Her current events. Oregon. 000 of Chinese and other foreign Interesting to men as well as the city well. These substances are analogous to the lining of our sandy miston realize the necessity of bet products get by nnd help to put the milder ln the butte well. The ar canals. It was not the cost of con ter water and If the old system Is •women. There will be no admission The park bon'd consisting of MeH- poultrymen out of business. Sup Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Dodd were Sun tesian well has no alkali or acid, Is struction but the cost of mainte proving costly by some error let's »charged. soft water, and has a good supply nance, that forced the Reclamation find a remedy. It will prove a dames Brooks, Linder, Udey, Bed- pose that the $36,000.000 worth of day guests of Mrs. Dodd’s sister, Mrs. At the regular club meeting March dow and Bloom, who with their dairy products that are brought In of magnesium salts, chlorides and service to practically rebuild Its good Investment later On. 4 there were three papers read, all Henry Collins, of Pendleton. ulphates. Mineral solids are simi works here. The great opportunity husbands mot at the Bloom ranch lar in amounts In all the wells but offered for saving Is ln the cost of W. B. Beasley Taken Suddenly Hl Tuesday evening. The board or here to compete with American farm instructive and entertaining. “Uni Mr. Harold Dean returned Mon ers did not come In? Would not vary as to constituents. For In- pumping. This should be reduced form Marriage and Divorce Laws” While conversing with his brother ganized! ,for the year and elected there be a market for $36,000,000 lnstance calcium Halts in the city half at least and a saving of $2500 was given by Mrs. G. C. Imrle, day morning from Seattle. last Sunday Mr. W. B. Beasley was Mrs. F. Beddow president, Mrs. Joe well are 121 to 32 In the artesian or more made with Improving the sudenly seized with an acute attack Udey secretary and Mrs. N. W. more of the dairy products of Amer “Pictures that Tell a Story or Leg Mrs. Morris and daughter Paul and magnesium salts ln the artes system. of his heart. Mrs. Beasley was at icans? end” by Mrs. H. A. McReen and Last year the net Income from ian are 134 to 91 ln the city well. ine, of Helix, spent the week end ln Chemical features however ln a the water system was $2663 now tending church at the time and Bloom treasurer. Plans for the park The absurdity of shipping millions “Home Products’’ by Mrs. John Alex Hermiston visiting friends and rela water are not considered so Import being used to aid other city finances. there was no one in the house ex Improvements and the raising of tlje of dolars worth of our agricultural ander. ant as the purity of the souce from The fact the present water cept the two melt. Mr. Beasley's funds for the community club ho’use products nbroad each year to get tives. bacteria and human and animal ex superintendent has greatly reduced brother summoned help and neigh were discussed. It was decided to Parent-Teachier Meeting crement and vegetable contamina losses from leakage ln so Hhort a bors carried him from the chair have another tree planting day on rid of our "surplus” and then bring The minister from Umatilla and tion. ing back nearly the same amount of The regular meeting of the Par- time shows that still greater sav jvhere he had been sitting to the another gentleman from the same bed. The doctor was called and Saturday, March 15 at 10 o'clock. tike cheap European products, should 'ent-Teacher Association will be city were pitching horse shoes The degree of hardness is also ings can be made. The present and after working over him for Dinner will be served at the school be apparent to anyone who wtjl study pipe system may be held at the high school March 13 Saturday on the lot next to Kings very important. A laboratory test wood $whlle brought him back to con house for the workers. Workers will made of hydrant water In compari salvaged for many years, with Im export and import schedules. ley’s store. Rumor has It that they at 3 o’clock. The topic for the son with the artesian water shows provement In the general system. It sciousness. He Is cohvnlesclng and please bring poplar or locust trees. What American agriculture need« 'afternoon will be "How a Parent were endeavoring to find the range that the soap requirement Is five Is said that we cahnot afford to Is (peniR none the worse for the sud on the home grounds ln order to now is protection against the for May Help a Teacher.” Mrs. F. P. challenge some of our barnyard golf to t^o to make the same suds. That sue new bonds. We, however, can den attack. 4 - ? 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 eign countries that can beat us In i 4 4 4 4 4 4 Phipps. Miss Brlerly and one of stars. This report may be untrue. « the cost of production, and elimina the grade teachers will talk on the Perhaps they were merely Improv ♦ EXPERIMENT STATION ing their time while watting for tion of much of the legion of mid subject. These talks will be fol ♦ NOTES dle interests and profiteers between lowed by open discussion. There some one. ♦ (By H. K. Dean) the farm nnd the retail store. The will be music and readings by grade Jim Pearson was a visitor In Echo middle man hub no Interest In that pupils. Monday. all crops are marketed. He is far Waste Places more Interested In having the sup Important Notice Curiosity Is reputed to have killed Few farms on the project do not ply greater than the demand, po The officers of our local Modern a cat once, and curiosity to see have some waste places which would Woodman camp announce public ad- where the fire was Sunday morn- that he can use the condition to the Cook east end of the city to caus- feed a few head of lambs. Lamb break the price to the producer. He dresses at the Movie theatre »...Ha build- 'ink ed R in L of Herm|gton n)n ing Is starting In the range bands doesn’t want tills country to absorb tng Friday evening. March 14, by a f)re hQBe He p)eaded In the The ’'¿"’‘'’’J sheep men al- Ithe “over production,” he does want the vicinity. V,C,," ty- Tne r ““ J. O. Davis, national lecturer and moTn1ns collrt WM ■ S M !WayH ‘’7 “ ° r?h-an the denmnd for any con,modify ex- F. B. Currie, state deputy of Oregon. fined j 25 by Judge Fltsgerald.— ' y/'- 1 he saved under farm conditions. hausted. He plays both ends against Pome and learn to protect your E. O. - j j ’ heap have been aptly called the homes with Insurance at cost. All ’ -■» ■ — both the producer and consumer. plant scavengers of the farm. Mignon Davis, the twelve year are Invited to attend. Thia Includes With foreign agricultural product« daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ditch hanks, lanes nnd fence lines the ladies. Good music. Adntise- old »hut out and the middle men mund Davis, who has been confined will be clean of weeds (.* ,*ccp have squeezed out. both the producer and lon free to all to St. Anthony’s hospital in Pendle access to them. When used In such consumer would greatly benefit. J. S. West, Consul. ton on acount of a mastoid operation, ¡places sheep will make an additional returned home Friday. W. R. Longhorn, Clerk. J ' \ -«ource of revenue practically wlth- Herbert Sullivan was home for a Walt Beasley was a Pendleton out expense and the fnrms will be vlblt and while here was quite HI, Methodist Episcopal Church '^ ^ z ' v pn better condition because of their hut has fully recovered and has re Sunday school, 10 A. M.: morn visitor Sunday. ing worship. 11, A. M.; Epworth * / presence. turned to Utnaplne, where he Is con Gordon Shotwell boarded the League. 7 P. M evening worship. (ra|„ Sunday night for a business nected will, the creamery. The Gladys avenue improvement 7:45; weekly prayer and Bible study trip to Portland. ; district will probably be acted up class. Thursday evening 7:30. A ______ Jack Biggs. Bert Mullens. Pat on at a mee, !«< of the council Wed Rlsrel, Carl McNaught and Henry very Interesting business was held Mra. Thomas Campbell baa return- nesday evening The Improvements Hitt attended the wrestling match Wednesday. It was shown that the Pd from Sunnyside, Wn., where she I Include the grading of the street between Ray McCarroll and Sam church from a business standpoint hag been for some time with her ,eayt to Sixth street and ‘J™ Claph,,n, In Pendleton The match was in a much better condition than daughter, Mr». Maurice Scroggs, a F/mrth etri*t between Main a n d )wM dw,Brfd a draw both securing It has been for some time. Henry former Hermfctonlaa. Mra. Scroggs GDdys avenue. Toung. has been very 111 with pneumonia !a fall. ____________ ——— and the four Scroggs boys have had I • Mrs O O. Felthouse went to Pen R cf U nl Stanfield. Mr. and Mrs. George Briggs are (he measles. All the afflicted are dleton Wednesday to meet her mother ¡ * , , erm)a, on visitor Monday. this week beginning extensive ad- doing well now. 1 from Weiser, Idaho, who expects to . ditions rod changes on their ranchj ■ - - 'ir is1» her end her son, Mr. Frank home la the east end of the pro- Mrs. Al. Groom, formerly Udlth Mrs. Howard Illsley has returned Rinden. Mrs. Linder. Mrs. Udey to her home In Portland after a Ject nnd w’’l move to the cowntry Kelley. Is expected here for • visit and daughter accompanied r* j vlelt with Mrs. E. P Illsley. »1 t*» coir ‘ let ton of the frorfc. the latter part of thia week. ; Felthouse. I