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HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, O C T O B E R 29, 1925
NVL. XX
STEIWER IN RAGE
FOR THE SENATE
QUEEN LOW
RECEIVES NECKLACE
WILL THE HOG A O DAIRY
SHOW GO?
show and the show nqsds the com
munity. o let's keep It.
IRRIGON NEWS ITEMS
LA GRANDE WILL ENTERTAIN
NOV. 11— ARMISTICE DAY
No. 8
SETTLERS BIG ISSUE
DECLARES SEC. WORK
Ex-service Men From Union, Uma
CITIZEN THINKS PLACES
Charles G. Burke Presents Gift Laat
There te some talk and sentiment
tilla, Baker and WaUowa Coun
SHOULD B E KEPT CLEANER (Too late for ,a8t week’s Issue.)
Friday.
In favor of doing away with the
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Mrs. Chas. Glasgow entertained
ties W ill Join in Program.
During the recent queen contest Hermiston Dairy and Hog Show that Mare Care Should be Taken To Clean with a BOO party Wednesday eve-
has been an annual event here for
La Grande, Ore., Oct. 29.— Spec STATE BACKING IS SOUGHT IN
premises, According to
“ »“*• *>““ « a number being present.
PLATFORM ADVOCATES THE DE for the Dairy show, Charles O.
Communication
Delicious refreshments were served. ial— Buddies who fought side by
Burke, a merchant of this city, prom- * ”"• X * «
There » ■ < « » > •»
THE MATTER
VELOPMENT OREGON RESOURCES Ised the winnler a pearl necklaoe 1 “ ««“ ns in “ >« n«ar
aide back in 1917 or thereabouts,
* ‘>!ch
set with a diamond. He sent for “ me tb« busin“ 8 ”"Pn
tb,B ««‘V To the Editor:
---------------------- .-------------------------- — i and the farmers will discuss both
You published a booster artlc1*
pro and con as It may appear to in your last Issue and it sets out a
More Enthusiastic Support Appears
them, whether or not the show Is to good group of facts but therp are
For Steiwer Than Any Other
be continued or shelved.
a few things left out.
Candidate in Contest.
This paper believes If the show is
If every farmer or home owner in
discontinued it will be a calamity town would fix up their front yard
what a diffeent impression we would
to the community.
Fred Steiwer, one of the best i
Who lg there among us thnt can give a land seeker or any visitor.
known attorneys, of Eastern Ore- ,! j
Shade trees, grass seed, paint,
truthfully say the event this year
<—n who resides at Pendleton, has
was a failure? The-e was a larger don’t cost much. Elbow grease Is
ertered the contest for the Republl- ;
crowd in attendance this year than chiefly lacking, along with a lack
» -omlnatlon for United States
there hag been for the cast four. of pride in such matters.
I have heard a score or more real
8enator.
There was a more competitive spirit
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For some time past Mr. Steiwer
and better exhibits In the farm pro estate men say that this condition
bus been urged to enter the race
ducts than there has been for years. prevents more sales or trades than
by men who realized bis unusual
The poultry entries were excellent any other cause. They say that a
ability and worth and the good he
and we can see no reason why any neat home surrounding with un
would be able to accomplish if sent
one should feel ashamed of the live improved land In the back will at
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> v this great commonwealth as Its
stork exhibits. The entertainment tract a prospective buyer better than
representative to the national leg
program In connection with the a well Improved field with neg
islativ« body at Washington. But
show was excellent and for the first lected, run down premises.
We have good roads, lots of good
Steiwer Is not a man who can be the necklace so that It would arrive time for ages the show paid lts own
rushed headlong
into anythng and | n time to be presented on the way and had a balance of around land, many profitable places and
this in a great measure ha8 con-[grounds
at the time of the show but [ 150 dollars to the good. There is many successful farmers, but we are
tributed to his success. He give through some misunderstanding it only one reason for this and that Is sure not much for looks. Tell your
the matter due deliberation before did not arrive until a week or ten the people are waking up and taking readers, to take a look, and take a
lie allowed hig name to be present- days after the show. It Is valued more interest in the show. Perhaps thought. Then clean up the weeds
ed to the voters of the state. How- I at fifty dollars and is a gift to be there are some who have good show now, fix up the fences, pick up the
cover when such men as Lawrence proud of. The necklace wag on dis stock that do not enter them, but is old boards, trim the trees, and when
T. Harris of Eugene and others of play at the store for a few days and this fact sufficient for calling the spring comes level a spot around the
hi-, calibre urged upon Mr. Steiwer was presented to Miss Jackson last show off. Rather let someone go house, plant some shrubs, flowers,
to make the race, realizing the Pen Friday.
to these individuals and show them lawns, berries, and also, which
that it Is their show and for this counts as much as anything, fix up
dleton attorney was the man for the
reason along with numerous others, a good, useful garden.
Job, Mr Steiwer consented to allow TEN COMMANDMENTS COM
Right at home is the best spot to
they
should do all within their
his name to bt placed upon the bal
ING TO LEGION THEATRE
power to help make it a success. boost. When one home or farm
lot.
Mr. Steiwer ig well entrenched In Gorgeous Scenes and Cast Stamp It Thee are some who say the prem fixes up the neighbor either gets
iums are not enough to warrant ashamed or has his pride aroused
western Oregon. There are men in
The Wonder Picture.
these men exhibiting. Thjfre was and he forgets that he has physical
that section of the state who are
aware of Steiwer's mental gifts and
Cecil B. DeMllle’s plcturlzation of never any breeder or stockman who Inertia.
Most of us should be downright
talent and even though he is an "The Ten Commandments” will be exhibited his stock at a like event
eastern Oregon man they will throw at the Legion theatre Friday, Sat that xpected to receive enough In ashamed of our home habits add
all of their supporthig way perce’v- urday and Sunday, October 30, 31 premiums to take care of expenses would be deeply humiliated if we
Ing the fact that the state needs and Nov. 1. It has come to us with entailed. It is the advertising re heard the expression of many visi
Steiwer for the senate. This truth more superlative advance notices ceived that make8 It profitable. If tors, land seekers, hunters, etc., who
is set forth when Judge Harris was than any other picture which has there Is anyone who believes the drive over the project.
A. Booster.
urged to become a candidate and up come to Hermiston. Oddly enough event here is too small to be able
on his refusal he wrote a letter an this picture deserves most of these to derive benefits from advertising
nouncing that if Mr. Steiwer would adjectives. It is great, stupendous, the idea Is erroneous and untrue. MITT LONGHORN PAYS
FINE FOR SPEEDING
be a candidate he would do all in colorful and moving. It has comedy Such papers as the Oregon Farmer
his power to assist him because of spectacle and drama. A perfect and numerous other stock Journals
Last Sunday noon Mitt Longhorn
h is exceptional qualifications. An cast, a fine story, and inspired dir carry columns concerning the Her
started
home for dinner. Now Mitt
miston
Dairy
and
Hog
show
before
endorsement of this nature carries ection. What else could on» ask
the event and a good deal of space had partaken of a light breakfaet
weight. Mr. Steiwer was born in for?
an this fact coupled with the vis-
Manion county and is a graduate of
The production takes a little over is given after the show In printing
the Oregon Agricultural college and two hours to show. It is divided the awards. These articles are In ion of a bounteous repast when he
the University of Oregon. During into two parts, ancient and mod turn copied by other papers outside reached home was responsible for
the world war he saw service over ern. In the former the picture of the state and in this manner Mitt being in a hurry. He put his
seas and came home with a record opens on the Israelite, slaves build broadcasted throughout the entire foot on the gas and Just forgot where
that he can look back upon with ing the city of Rameses in Egypt. northwest and it Is the kind of ad he had it for a minute. When he
pride.
They are being cruelly treated by vertising that money cannot pur reached the Standard Oil plant on
Steiwer’s platform is a sound one the Pharaoh, and thngs Reem dark chase. It not only helps the indi the highway he observed another car
and is for the development of Ore until Moses emerges to lead them. vidual but the community as well. Just ahead of him. Now Mitt was
gon and its dormant resources. He asks for their liberty and when
It seems In the face of the In In too big a hurry to be bothered
Some of hlB statements are as fol It is not granted ten plagues are terest displayed this year it would with a car so he pulled around the
lows:
visited upon Egypt. After Rameses be a shame to dscontinue the show. car at a speed alleged to be <1 miles
"I will stand for governmental son is killed in the last of the plag
Then there is another factor per hour. The occupant of the ear
economy and lessening of the bur ues, Rampsep orders the Hebrews which the show makes possible, the which he passed was no other than
den of taxation. I expect to sup to leave. They go with aching bod meeting of farmers, talking over Buck Liewellan, the traffic cop.
port the splendid administration of ies and glad hearts over the desert their various problems and engaging Buck did his stuff and as a result
Calvin Coolidge. I want to aid in his sands. This part of the picture is In a friendly visit. The good ac Mitt appeared before Justice West
fight for lower expenditures of pub done in natural colors, and In Its complished through this medium Monday morning and paid a fine of
lic money.
cannot be computed in dollars and »10.00.
sweep is overwhelming.
"In my campaign I will give spec
Then follow scenes showing Moses cents and perhaps is not visible at
ial emphasis to law enforcement. receiving the commandments on the the time, but will bear fruit that Is IMPERIAL CLEANERS
Including enforcement of the laws mount, the children of Israel wor inestimable.
HAS NEW MANAGEMENT
The Imperial Cleaners ha8 open
enacted pursuant to the 18 th amend shipping the golden calf In a wild
It Is the only thing of a like nat
ment. The real menace to our gov orgy, and finally the fade out in ure that the west end of the county ed with a new management. Mr.
C. D. Porter Is the manager while
ernment will not come from without, which Moses, wrathful at seeing his has.
but will come from within if we per people’s treachery, flings (the tab
It takeg the place of a fair, car Mrs. W. C. Isom operates the estab
mit a weakness of moral fibre and lets which he has received on the nival or other harvest celebration, lishment. Brownie King, former
a losg of righteous patriotism in our rocks, smashing them into a thous and If we let It go by the boards now manager, left a few days ago for
own boundaries. Wholesome respect and parts.
It will be a hard thing to revive Baker where he will be employed by
for fundamental law. together with
The modern story was written by later on. The community needs the the Rcla Silk Hosiery company.
a decent regard for public opinion Jeanfe Macpherson. It shows that
by public officers, ig one of the high. the commandments are as great a
est requirements of citizenship.
moral force today as they were five
"I am much concerned over the thousand years ago. The lives of
development of the Columbia river two brothers are followed. One
and coastal ports and in preparing lives a life in which he creates and
myself for the campaign expect to breaks his own laws, while the
make a study of the merchant mar othjer keeps the decalogue a« his
ine and of national laws which re guiding force. In the end evil is
late to facilities for transportation punished and good is triumphant.
by water. Ocean shlppng facilities
"The Ten Commandments” Is one
are absolutely necessary to Oregon’s of those photoplays which the whole
development and an adequate and world should see.
sufficient merchant marine lg essen
tial to every producer In Oregon and
BOY BREAKS ARM
¿ent as Important to agriculture and
Jack Reeves, the young son of J.
livestock industries and the people A. Reeves, had the misfortune to
living away from the ports as it is break hlg arm Sunday afetrnoon.
to those who are directly connect- He and another lad were riding a
; horse when the Reeves boy fell
ed w ith commerce.
"In order that shipping service fTOm the horse’s back catching his
n a y be guaranteed I wKJ aias£ ic. j arm under him in a manner that
retention of the ships by the gov- snapped the bone. The boy was
eminent or for some adequate form brought into town and Dr Illsley
of government aid and will also, in set the broken member.
my platform, commit myself to the
Idea of regional representation up
LOSES JET e
on the shipping board so that the
Frank Armstrong lost an eye
hoard will ho- representative of var Monday when a piece of wood which
ious sections of the country and In he was chopping flew from the block
order that port favoritism and one^ nd hit him in the eye. According
man control may
avoided. I will to reports he w a, taken to Pendle-
thus stand for Oregon porta and ton for medical treatment hut It
Oregon producers but will not do so Was Impossible to save the eye.
as a political enemy of Ahgo presi
Deechutes county lands have In
dent. It Is sheer policy to oppose
the president when Oregon .interests creased 9 per cent since 1924 valu
can be served without saeh opposi ation.
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Mr. Steiwer come, before the vot-j Hillsboro—Many truck farmers
km of this state a man cf the people, experimenting with Irrigation from
by the people and for the people. .walla.
C a n ’t F o o l H i m
N. Seaman returned Thursday will rub shoulders attired In the
from Rock river In southern Ore olive drab or the sailor blue, in thlg
gon where he had been on a deer city again November 11— the eighth
hunting trip. He left Monday for •»uiilverseary since the armistice was
La Grande on a second expedition I signed that ended the greatest con
after deer.
flict of all time.
Hundreds of ex-service men, re
Pomona grange was well attend cruited from the rankg of the In
ed last Saturday. There was a busl- fantry, artillery, marine corps, navy
nesg session In the morning followed and air service will be present, most
by a big feed at noon. Governor ly from Union, Umatilla, Baker and
Pierce, Senator Shumway and Prof. Wallowa counties, to participate in
Hurd of O. A. C. were the principal a day’s program set aside In mem
speakers in the afternoon. A class ory of the greatest “zero hour” of
of 21 was initiated at the evening the war.
A parade In the morning featur
session.
ing survivorg of all wars, will usher
Mrs. Irvin Chapman visited rela , in the day’s list of events.
At eleven o’clock taps will be
tives here last week.
sounded and silent homage paid
Let no one forget the Carnival at those who gave their llvea during
the school house Saturday, Oct. 31. the world war.
At noon all ex-service men will
Program, side shows, cats, drinks,
be guests at a dinner to be prepared
and everything. Better come.
by the American Legion auxiliary
Ira “Happy” Graybeal made a trip and the Woman’s Relief Corps.
Pendleton and La Grande high
to Wenatchee last week, returning
school
foot ball teams will clash at
Tuesday.
two o'clock on the athletic field In
their annual tussle, the eastern Ore
W. A. Chaney is hereby added to
gon gridiron classic.
our ever-growing list of radio fans.
When the sum dips behind the
Blue Mountains the greatest pyro-
Roy Dempsey returned to town tecnnlcal display this part of the
Tuesday with his bride who was for state hag ever witnessed—so the
merly Miss Thelma Beck of Board- committee In charge of preparations
man. They have the well wishes of headed by Hugh E. Brady promises
all their friends in Irrigon. lo r a —w ill take place from the hill
time they will make their home -zest of La Grande.
here. They were given a charivari
The day’s program will come to
Tusday night.
an end with dancing In every dance
hall In La Grande.
Church services every Sunday eve-
If weather conditions permit
ping at 8. Y. P. C. E. s. at 7:15. Lient. Oakley Kelley and a squad
Everyone welcome.
ron of government: airplanes will
be present. Kelley and hl8 men
were t0 have come here last fall but
BIRTHDAY PARTY GIVEN
were detained and he has promised
FOR MRS. BLESSING his trip this year will not be post
poned If It Is humanly possible to
Last Monday night a number of attend.
friends of Mrs. Walter Blessing
gathered at the Blessing home In COWS UNDER TEST MAKE AVER-
this city, the event being her birth
AGE FAT YIELD OF 27.3 LBS.
day. Mrs. Blessing was pleasantly
surprised. Game, and other bits of
Oregon Agricultural College, Oct.
entertainment wag In order after
27.— The 3580 cows tested in cow
which refreshments were served
testing association work for Sep
Mothers and Daughters Program tember, averhgpd 578.8 pounds of
milk and 27.3 pounds of fat, re-
Tickets are now on sale for the
portg N. C. Jamison, extension dairy
Mothers and Daughters banquet at
man for the college. Of the entire
Mitchell's, Kingsley’s and Camp
number tested, 268 yielded 40 pounds
bell’s. As there are only 225 tick
or
more of butter fat. The associa
ets available all who wish to attend
should purchase them not later than tions testing were the following:
Tillamook, 1372 cows averaging
Saturday, Oct. 31. No tickets will
be sold at the door. Remember the 27.54 pounds of fat; Columbia, no
time, place and date, Methodist report; Lincoln 237 cows. 21.2
church Wednesday night, Nov. 4 at pounds of fat; Union, 160 cows,
7 P. M. Tickets 50 cents. Follow 27.9 pounds of fat; Klamath 24
cows, 382 pounds of milk, 18.43
ing is the program:
pounds
of fat; Coquille Valley, 961
Piano duet, Margaret Waterman
and Elizabeth Straw; piano solo, cows, 26.49 pounds of fat; Melo-
Shlrlle Brownson; Toast,, “The west, 577 cows, fat not reported;
Mother and Her High School Daugh and Rogue River 249 cows, 30.03
ter,” Mrs. Cherry; response, Mrs. poundg of fat.
The highest producing herd In
Thoma; Reading, Mrs. McIntyre of
the Tillamook section was owned
Pendleton; piano solo, Miss O’Leary;
address, Mrs. Johns of Pendleton; by G. W, Rurrer; In the Lincoln
herd No. 42; In the Union herd
song, glee club.
owned by W. Woodruff; Klamath,
Federal figures say Oregon state Grant Nelson; Coquille Valley, H.
expenses cut »1,000,000 a year from E. Hess; In the Melowest, C. Mc
Culloch, and In the Rogue River, E.
last year.
B. Poyer.
The ¡honor Jmre bred cow was
owned by Peter Betschart of the
Tillamook association.
She pro
duced 2703 pounds of milk contain
ing 93.98 pounds of fat. The honor
grade cow owned by O. W. Durrer
produced 1320 pounds of milk with
71.28 pounds of fat.
Bran and other wheat by products
may be high this winter, It Is repot-
ed, but corn, barley and oats do
not promise to be proportionately
I high. Unless there Is a very mild
) v/’nter, stiffening of hay prices In
I the spring Is expected.
Continued good prices are ex
pected for dairy products unies for-
I elgn producers get too active or
1 labor is thrown out of employment
In this country.
T h is Y e a r
Essential Part of Federal Reclam
tion Policy of Futre is Program
of Land Settlem ent and
Farm Development.
The problem of obtaining settlers
for government Irrigation projects
was delcared by Secretary Work, ia
reviewing his department for 19£5
to be the most difficult of all re
clamation problems. He pointed out
that the consensus ig that con
struction of new work rtiould be
deferred until this question la sol
ved.
"The essential part of the federal
reclamation policy of the future,”
said Mr. Work, “Is a program of land
Settlement and developments. Un
less settlers are attracted to the pro
jects and are kble to remain on
them, there lg no reason for build
ing them, and the government will
not be reimbursed for their costa.
The government constructs .Irriga
tion projects, but It cannot draft
settlers.
"One solution of the settlement
problem lg co-operation between the
federal government and the states
in which the projects are located,
the state to assume the responsibil
ity of settlement.
"Any new settlement policy must
be based on the selection of Bet-
tiers who have had experience In
capital to underwrite advances made
by the government. Financial aid
to settlers at a low rate of Interest
for the clearing of the land. Im
provement of farmg and purchase of
necessary equipment Is also para
mount to. success. Until these
problems of land settlement ’ and
farm development of the old pro-
lectg can be solved, the consensus of
opinion Is that the construction of
new works should be deferred.”
BAPTIST CHURCH SERVICES
Rev. Dowell will preach Sunday
morning at the Baptist church In
this city at 11 o’clock. Bunday
school at 10. Unusual Interest is
being displayed in the Sunday school
and we need your help. Attend next
Sunday at both services.
LOCAL
MERCHANT
HAS
SOME REAL BARGAINS
We refer our readers to the
Hurly Cash Grocery ad appear
ing in this issue. The store has
tome real bargains on tap and
wund arguments why you should
trade with the house where your
dollar buys the most. Mr. H ur
ly ¡3 one of Hermiston’s pro
gressive merchant and has the
w rt of merchandise and bargains
that he is not afraid to let the
public know about.
Whenever you see a merchant
advertising it is a sure sign that
he wants to keep in touch w ith
the buying public and the buy
ing public in touch with him. I t
liso demonstrates he is on the
job and not asleep.
A. D Smith, the sweet potato
ting of the Umatilla project, 1ms
sent a number of samples of his
product to The Herald office. Some
of them have been placed In a local
real estate office while others are
on display at this office. Mr. Smith
has experimented for some time with
the raising of sweet potato«, on the
nroject and found they yield a, good
here as any place in the United
states. He makes a specialty of
raising the v’’”ita for market and
ships thousp ” e-'vy year to Port
land wher- the- are sold. The
office are of
specimens ■' nt t<
- good F ar
fine qua'lty an:'
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Hermiston Student Complete« Course perin' is r ' 1 '
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University of Oregon, Eugpne, denier.
Oregon, Oet. 29—Special—One Her
Jim Pearson le f ” i»r ’ 'art of
miston student. Miss Bernice C. Fer
ris, has comp'eted a correspondence the week far Portia ’ Jim '**
j study course In the extension divis necl to drive a new Ts x coach
ion o f the unverslty. Miss Ferris hack, he ’-aving taken the agency
. studied Methods In Grammar School for thl„ car.
Eng’lsh. That the people of Ore
Born—To Mr. and Mr«. M M.
gon are making Increasingly good
imp of the correspondence bourses Graybeal, of Umatilla, a boy, Tues
Is Indicated by the fact that com day, October »7.
pletion of courses thus far in 1925
Salem - New Elslnora »100.000
show a gain of approximately 40
theatre well under way.
Mjer cent over last year.
McMinnville— New glove plant
Pacific highway bridges acroea
now has 10 employe» and Is grow-J Willamette at Albany and Harrisburg
I Ing rapidly.
almost completed.