I B I H gB M IST Q H H ZH X LD, H ERM ISTO N, P R E G O * . Mia« Fnanjg TodA la v altln» her tble month. I t w ill he the ueual County •toter, M n . Gilbert S o it, In Pendle- feetlval event, during «fetch that b *u 6 # U l «nd hospttnblc city w ilt fee (featlusted a n d consecrated to 3h< Notice la hertrby jiv e n that the and Mrs, O edtge Imrte hav* undeifeh.iifcd hiia..J>e<ua,^sppolnted cxe^ In to th e Ml*. B. F. Strohm cutrfx ot (Tie I m i w m S id testament GEN day». I t I ‘d For th is evapt the Union Pacific Mrs. F. P. Adams Is In Portland has made a rounn trip rate of a fare this week. and a half, tickets to be on sale June 9th to 13th Inlluslve w ith return Dad and Mrs. OWeat have m oved lim it fixed at June 16th. The rate Into one of the Mack hoarse south from H erm iston w ill be 39.96. of the M. B. parsonage. Call on F. C.Woughter for any In formation desired. Misa Hall, County Librarian, was ,bere Thurasay on business connected NOTICE TO CREDITORS w'th the Hermiston library. Tn the C o u n ty C o u rt of the State of U tte re d as second clase m atter, December 1106 at the posterities a t HermMtoai Oregon. ¿ u n ifie d or Local Advertising 10 senta per line for first insertion hftnlnrom charge 25 cents. Subne- quent fasert ions t cents per line. Dale Hinkle was here from Port nd over Sunday. A li EPIDEMIC OF PEEPING TOMS There has been a number of re port« of “Peeping Tow»" la Her- mltxtn. P3Qwling around houses at night and peeping in w'ndowt while the occupants are preparing for bed. In a few Instances the prowler or prowlers have bqen seen and chased away but at these times identification has been impossible At plhex times tracks under wlndowt and jarious signs have betrayer1 th eli presence. Last Wednesday night there wat a lady left alone In the house. Upor go'ng to the screen door to hook It she wqs accosted by a man who ask ed ff he might come In. The womai ran Into the house and locked all t h e , doors and the prowler was frighten ed givey- It was some time before tha lady recovered from her fright As in other Instances she was unabk to give a descrlpton of the man ex cept he was tall and slim and won a black suit and a soft hat. Tht man knew the woman was alone and took advantage of the oppor tuntty offered. There Is only on, cure for moral degenerates of thle hind and that is to vaccinate him w'th, a good load of buckshot. A man has the undeniable right to de fend his home and If the beast waf made a fit subject for the under taker the person who performed th< I deed would have a vote of thank: coming from the community. Load up your old blunderbuss am* here's hoping that your trigger fin ger be quick and your a m unerring of Joseph W. Ralph, deceased, and has qualified as the law directs. AU persona haying claims against vald estate are required to present the same to me at the office of W. J. Warner, my a t Q A t f j! I K l h i s O * flee In Hermlstod, Oregon; «1th proper vouchers wilhin. alx apqnthf from the date iieraof. , Dated this 8th day of May. 1924 Mabel M. ftyp h , -5tq , • fixecjuirjl 1 « ’ l f j Nearly .7 of an Inch of rain fell here th'a week, a boon to gardens. It caught the first cutting of alfalfa on the ground but no harm was done. The normal rainfall Is still ahort tor th ls time of year. 8* ABAC You can roll 100 Ctoanttts Joris Cents W ONDERLAND Albany to have new 36.000 bridge acroes Calapoola river connecting city w ith Bryant park. E v e ry A m e ric a n sh o u ld s h a re In th e in s p ira tio n o f Its to w e lin g p v ak s. le a p in g goystxe. grow l la g grextoa, b oiling c a u ld ro n s. In th e m id s t of w hich a re m a g n ific e n t h o te ls, c h arm in g -n o t ta g ” vtlWM«»«, 800 m iles of m a tc h le s s b o u le v a rd s a u d a ll th e c o m fo rts of hom e. S end fo r o u r b ooklet. I t te lls th e th rillin g s to ry o f n a tu re 's w o n d e rla n d . O ur Milton— Box company to resume work at early <Jate. E lg in — Work commenced on a market road to connect with high way here. HERMISTON LOCALS y |l |||| between Mr. and Mr». George Prlndle afe the parents of a baby girl, born this St. Helen»—Lumber shipments for week. i I one week totaled 5,000,000 feet. The new fire siren has arrived and will be installed at the west end of lain street where the old fire bell s located. It was tested out during he week on a very small part ot the egular power to be used and gave i hint of what It w ill do at full trengtl) when 'needed. O p e ra te d D A IL Y d u rin g th e s e a so n Portland and West Yellowstone 5 b y th e U nion P acific S ystem I«et o u r r e p re s e n ta tiv e s e x p la in th e v a rio u s to y rs w hich e n ab le v is ito rs <o a«»e th e Y e llow stohe a t m in im u m c o st; a lso qu.qte fa je a , p re p a re vo ttr itin e r a r y a n d m a k e y o u r re s e rv a tio n s . C all on Portland’s B rilliant Fesaival That very brilliant and charming event, the Rose Festival, which hae made Portland, Oregon, the very center of floral and festival at tractions In the Northwest for the last fifteen years, is to be again stag ed on th e 11th, 12th, and 13th oí F. C. WOUGHTER, Agent, Hermiston, Oregon W M . M cM ITRRAT G e n e ra l P a s s e r g e r A g e n t, P o r tla n d , O regon JÖÖSSK TiTs/JS T 6 w g fw q S w 1500 ACRES TO BE CUT UP ALL MY LAND HOLDINGS NOW ON THE MARKET IN TRACTS AND ON TEEMS AND CONDITIONS TO SUIT ANY RELIABLE PUKCHASEB. ZEROLENE helps win the PA C K A R D CON TEST In 1922 the City Motor Trucking Corn. pany of Portland, Oregon, won the P ack ard's low upkeep contest in the State of Oregon with its 4-ton Packard No. 180- 590. D uring the p erio d o f this con test Zerolene oil w as u sed exclusively, and the Company writes us as follows: I n consequence of our success in thia contest, and be cause of our uniform satisfaction w ith the u se of Zero lene in all other equipment, we naturally consider Zerolene as an absolutely dependable and correct lu bricant. W e most cheerfully recommend it to any and all truck operators to receive real efficiency in * lubricating oils.” ‘ It is records like these that montii af ter month and year after year are cutting the ground from under the superstition * that there is something mysteriously “better" about eastern oils, just because they cost more. Zerolene sales have increased seven fold in seven years. The more experi enced the motorist, the more . likely he is to discover that the Zerolene-lubricated car deliv ers better gasoline mileage, accumulates less carbon, costs less for upkeep, and has a longer working life. —the Standard Oil C o m p a n y ’« new im proved o il lor W h y pay tribute to a su Perd u n “ Feed* perstition? Insist on Zerolene Thoe« Oil-Starved Ford«.” —a better oil—even if it does cost less. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (CALIFORNIA) 0BEG 0N STATE NEWS Heppner— 3100.000 lan deal con summated when the 4 500-acre Ilam- ilton ranch changed hands. MY 818 ACBES BETWEEN HEBMISTON AND UMATILLA CAN BE DIVIDED INTO 10 TO 18 VERY DE SIRABLE SMALL TRACTS. SOME ARE IN ALFALFA, SOME PART IN ALFALFA. BALANCE LEVELED SOME IN ALFALFA AND PASTURE. KIND AND VARIETY TO SUIT MANY DESIRES. ALL HAVE GOOD HEAVY SOIL AND ARE WELL LOCATED, WITH SMOOTH TOPOGRAPHY. LANDS BETWEEN THE FEED CANAL AND A LINE ABE FIRST-CLASS AND WILL BE WATERED BY THE MoKAY CREEX SYSTEM. PRICE, $25 TO $40 PER ACRE. WILL SELL IN TRACTS FROM FIVE ACRES UP. 400 ACRES. 800 ACRES IN COLUMBIA DISTRICT IN TRACTS TO SUIT, FROM $20 TO $ 3 0 PER ACRE. Contract for Alsea mountain sec tion of Alsea highway, six miles, awarded for $65,887. Aqtorla— Worli on highway bridge over' Lewie and Clark river progress lng rapidly and will be complctof about December 1. Logging rond to be built from Eu ehro creek to Frankport. Newport— Çenieqt »kk walks stead lly tak ng place of wo den walks i f dlffirent section» of city. Gold Beach — Weddorburn Cannery Is now In operation Work progressing on market between Olney and Young'» falla. Contract awarded United Contract, lng Co. for grading highway from Br’ghton to Jetty, 1.3 miles, for 65, ooo. ____ Speaking Bottoneee A young electrical engineer from Boston suffered an Injury and was sent to a hospital for treatment, where hie accent proved a problem to th« at tendants. "Could I have a baba 7" he asked one tnohilnK. "There -1» one In each room," the parse replied. Later he made the snine request to another attendant, sud received the ■ante answer. "Can I have a baba7” be appealed to the head norse. "There should be a Bible In each room,*' she «aid. "Say,” he called, desperately, “yon I don't tuderstand me; I want to get shaved."—Indianapolis N ews TBLL'BM The peak of the trend toward clt. les has passed and there Is a silent return to the land. For ten years farmers have been leav ng the land and production has decreased by the los» of 4,000,000 farmers. Now the building boom in cltleB Is off. F a c tories cannot keep going full handed because the buying capacity of 40,- 000,000 farm people of the nation has been reduced half. Even auto mobiles are slumping. Fat Jobs are gone and the lig h wages of the fac. tory, m ill and railroad are going down. Men and their fam ilies must return to agricultural communities and sm all tracts where a living can be more readily secured. The cow, the pig. the hen. the garden, the sheep, tho berry patch, the honey . bee, home grown vegetables, fruits and meata. cheaper rents and easier living 1« calling. Big Advertising Being Done Northwest railroads and commer cial bodies of our big cities have an ticipated th e movement and have been carrying on a big advertising campaign througout the whole nation for settlers and investors to come to the northwest. The Oregon state chamber has located ono colony. The W ashington state chamber an other, of American Legion boys, at W hite Bluffs, 60 of them, and want. 60 more. The Portland chamber has inveet'gnted the conditions of the big eastern clt le» and found peo ple ready to come to the farm, enough to Justify a campaign. Quiet, ly and mainly unobserved the tide has been turning for weeks and act. ually elem ents have been transform, lng deeply for months leading to the great farmward flood. The email tract will be the goal. The dry sea son emphasizes the Irrigated tract with all season water and right here Is one of the great spots where the tide of settlem ent w ill reach ito highest point. W hy Um atilla Project? Many reason* so advantageous over other plaree. Abundance of storage water which Is guarantee of full crops 'a dry sea son». The Cold Springs reservoir holds sufficient water for all lands E. P. DODD under cultivation and the McKay re servoir soon to be completed w ill furnish abundance for all new lands and in addition w ill be a heavy re turn flow nnd drainage that will give all lands of the Greater Uma tilla project super abundance. Diversified farm ing along defin ite ln e s is In progress here. The' dairy cow Is a well established in dustry, with a high grade lin e of Jersey cows and gold medal strain of sires. An excellent creamery and good market« take care of all products and a weekly cash basis. Poultry thrives no where better and a poultry assoclat’on Is being organ. Ired. Hogs have alw ays been suc cessful here. ^Asparagus, berries and potato i are being advanced rapidly and marketing organizations pro vided to sell the product at, best prices. Fruits and vegetables are grown for all local needs. The honey center of Oregon is here and th is at pronounced tlge sw eetest place In Oregon where 400.000 pounds of fine alfalfa honey is produced. IDorn thrives well and has been known to produce 100 bushelg per acre on de veloped lands. A lfalfa Is the basic product, both as a soil fertilizer and as forage for our livestock. The headquarters of the Oregon Hay Growers assoclat’on Is here and the association handles 80 per cent of the product, thus standardizing the hay and stabilizing the market. Diversification of products along practical 1'nee adapted to soils and conditions and organized marketing Insuring staudarlzatlon of products and stability of pr cee are »entrances of fair profits and squad Invest ments. Climate, railroad transportation, almost hourly singes on the Cohita- bla Highway through the project 30 miles, good towns, excellent grade and high school« with school hues«« to country d'atrletn rural m all routes, good* eountry road«, good towns, church««, libraries, banka aad store», all add to the medera life thia Irrigated aaetloa. Great future developments are as sured. The government ha» made extensive Investigation» of the U m «. tills Rapids power a'te adjoining tha Project «nd a report w ill be mpde to the next Coagree». Much public force Is behind thl« great power and Irrigation project and 11« ultim ate construction ’a only a matter of a few year». The building of the Mc Kay Creek reservoir and the conse quent distribution of water to 50.- 000 acreH more of adjoining lands w ill supply homes for litany people and labor on construction works, which will create much act vUy for many years to come. W ith the return to lands, and the big development of the Northw st, the Umatilla Project, w ith all its distinct advantages, w ill he one of the centers of attraction. When analysed in deta il and summarised as a whole, no locality in the Gi*at Northwest can bo compared w ith it. in Opportunity for the average man. her o f large ueen. A d m y Standard O il Com pany wda« .«ap raaaatative or Z«r al«ai dealer for a copy. Subscribe for The Herald--$2.00 My Lands are Good My lands are of the best soil ou the Project— sandy loam heavy w iih silt and volcanic ash. They a .e w ell located as to towns, ra Iroad stations, none, more thnn two miles from a shipping station. The topo graphy or “lay” of the land requires very little leveling and water ccii- nectlons are and w ill be good. All are on la d out roads, near mail and school bus routes and adjoining de veloped lands and near neighbors. ♦ ly farm, of which 350 acres has been cleared and leveled and 150 acres seeded to alfalfa, is divided so that any purchaser can have a tract all or part In alfalfa, or part ready to seed. I have also several tracts with good seepage or wet pas_ ture making excellent dairy or small stock ranches. I will also sell in five acre tract» for poultry ranches. Terms — Conditions I will give spltable terms up to ten years at 7 per cent. I w ill sell without cash down provided the pur. chaser can make some Improvements on the land, or will accept small trrde as the first payment. but other w ise trade w 'll not be considered a» my prices are on a sales basts only. Any reliable man. partly equipped and without other burdens, who has had som e experience In such farming or who can niakt a 12 H per cent payment down or that amount in per manent Improvements oq the land, ran do business w 'th me. 1 know the typo of men who can succeed oif one of these tracts, and 1 am w ill ing to give a good man a chanoe W rite me about It or route and talk to me about any tract, or get a copy of this advertisement to send to yo«r friends. Fnll information (o the atsalleet detail w in be given. T itle absolute. W ill »ell under can. trart, or deed and mortgage, with abstract. HERMISTON, OREGON Build hour Own Home and Quit Paying Rent Let the rent money apply on your own home. Come in and see our lan books Let us give you cost price on a model 4 0 0 capacity hen house Inland Lumber Csmpany m 391