itotoJAdr i n 1
Advise« That A ttention B e Paid to
Arable Lands of The
Eastern Aiea.
COMMUNITY XMAS
TREE SU66ESTED
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COMMITTEE FROM COMMERCIAL
TO MEET WITH COMMUNITY CLUB
Tree W ill be Placed in Same Loca
tion as Last Year and Illum i
nated a* N igh t W ith Color
ed E'ectric Bulbs.
If plans that are being form ulat
ed at present carry Hermiston w ill
again th is year have a community
tree. Last year a tree was placed
in the square opposite the First
National bank. It was illuminated
at night with colored bulbs and
other decorations and reflected the
Yulettde spirit In a manner that
could not be duplicated
by any
qther „ource. The success of the
tree last year was responsible for
the Commercial club appointing a
committee of three consisting of R.
A. Brownson, Dr. Illsley and 8. M.
Campbell, to meet with a committee
i from the Community club and make
all arrangements for the tree this
year. The tree w ill be placed In
the same place » r last year and
w ill be decorated In a similar man
ner.
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Do You W ant a Community C u b !
Do you want a Community club
or do you not? On the afternoon
of January 6th at the library you
w ill be given an opportunity to ans
wer this question. The last several
m eetings h ave been poorly attendd
and the officers in charge feel that
it is not right to ask anyone to give
a paper, requiring hours of prepar
ation, before an audience at potwl-
bly ten ladles. Such' lack o f at
tendance Is an Insult to those pre
paring papem.
Federation dues should be sent In
during January. If you do not
want a community club disband and
pave the federation dues, i f you
do want a community club please
show your Interest by attending.
Bear In mind that the matter will
be settled one way or the other on
January 6 and that ydur vote might
be the deoidlng vote.
The program w ill be one on
(ravel and the follow ing papers w ill
be given: The Wind Caves of South
Dakota. Mis» Lois Shulta; Crater
Lak'e, Mrs. W. W. Felthouse.
Mrs. W, L. Hamm.
bw3T
fjcti o’er tlje moonlit, misit? fieltal,
J3umb tuitf? tfje toorlb’g great fop,
afcepficrtw! iougfjt tije tofnte-toaUefa tctun
W fcere lap tlje bail? bop—
8 n b , ofj, tlje glabness o f tlje toorlb,
W glorp of tlje afetcsf,
ISetatisfe tbe longcb-for C ljris i loui
Sn fjappp iH a rp ’s' epesfl
—h-Marg.
Christmas Lesson
for Miss Belinda
Promise to Teach Maid to
Read and Write, Moat
W elcome Gift.
By EMILY BURKS ADAMS
IHRISTMAS wns I d
evidence e v e r y
where. The whole
household w e r e
| 'happy, save per
haps one—Belinda,
the German maid,
who had for sis
months lived with
the Thobuma, a well-to-do family.
“Sure, Mrs, Tobnrn, I’ve done all I
thought is right to do already, and
rm pleased dot you like it.”
“Yes. Belinda, and the house never
looked prettier. You’re quite Sin ar
tist as well as a cook. I'm glad you.
gave up going to visit your sister, for
the ■ h)d dinner tomorrow depends
upon you. We shall try to make It up
to yon, Belinda, In some way."
“Oh, do you ttnk so, Mrs. Toburn;
I am sure pleased to know dot I am
ob service to you, and you are so good
to me already,”
said Belinda, with
a sigh, as sbe re
tired to her room.
The Thobnms,
old and young,
were radio enthu-
and were
entertained
W it h Christmas
g r e e t i n g s and
carols.
“M o t h e r , did
Belinda s e e m e d
a n d — «»nettling
unusual 4>r her?
1 wonder if we
for Christ-
tbere’s her beads, handkerchief, hose.
She will feel all right tomorrow. She
really doesn’t mind miming the visit
with her sister, does she? She’d rath
er be doing all this for us,, ^
mtv -
tng others is what makes ope, fiBppg,
Isn’t It, mother?"
“Oh. yes, 1 suppose so, 11* the serv
Ice Isn't too hard.”
i ct Dtla/J
"Mother, what do you mean by serv
ice being too hard? I think we should
enjoy doing things for others. I can
never forget the quotation: “To live
in the hearts of others is not to dlel*
1 think we should enjoy doing things
for others and not think It hard.
What—”
“Well,” Interrupted Mrs. Thoburn,
“you seem to think service hard, as
you wouldn’t write those letters for
Belinda last evening, and one was a
Christmas letter to her sister. That,
probably was the cause of her sigh.”
Amy was listening In and heard
over the radio: ‘“Let every true Amer
ican, as a gift to himself, give the
promise that he will teach one for
eigner how to read and write, and In
so doing, help drive Illiteracy from
our land. A won
derful gift to your
self and to the
o n e taught—*A s
ye have done It
unto the least of
these, ye h a v e
done It unto Me.*
Merry Christmas
to all.”
Amy looked at
the others. Tier
face b e a m i n g .
“Oh, mother, our
slogan for Educa
tional week was:
•Each one tench
one: ballots, not
bullets.’ “
“A fine slogan,
Amy, if put Into
practice," remarked Mrs. Thoburn.
Christmas morning all gathered
around tbo tree to open their pack
ages. Belinda stood in tbe back
ground, beaming at the happiness of
the others, for next to our own hap
piness Is watching that of others. Box
aftrr box was handed to Belinda, but
the most beautiful of all was saved
until the last and presented by Amy.
“Here, Belinda, a lot o f love with this
box; it contains paper, pencils, and
a book and my promise to yon that
I’ll teach yon to read and write be
fore another Christmaa."
“Oh, thank yon, Mias Amy; 41s is
vot I most vanted already. Oott Maas
you!"
(©, IMS. Western Newspaper Vales >
T b . Willing Worker
N ow fatk er m ak es a d o ie fa l pause,
A tired and s lig h t ly blue mam. >
A m erry m yth is B a s ts C la ss ,
Bat father's only Swmaa.
B illie Hamas has been on the sick
Mrs. Henry
at tMs week.
1 Tuesday from
Swartout
returned
COMMUNITY CLUB
The Community, club met Tues
day, December 15, at the Library.
An excellent program w as given.
Mra. Sheeely talked on Christmas
in Art, illustrated by copies of mas
ter pictures. Mrs. Reid read an
entertaining paper on Christmas
Legends, and Mrs. Crowder gave a
very Interesting book review on Van
Dyck’s, The Fourth Wise Man.
A committee was appointed
to
see If the persons dumping garbage
along the Diagonal road could not
be persuaded to discontinue this un
sigh tly practice.
,
M arketing As’ociation to Meet
The U m atilla Oo-operative Mar-
ketlng association w ill hold a meet
in g Friday evening at the Oregon
Hardware. A discussion concerning
the growing of asparagus and pota
toes w ill be held at this time. Offi
cers f ° r the coming year w ill also be
lected. This Is an important meet
ing and a good attendance is desired.
— READ THE WANT ADS—
G o o d * W ill S ta tio n — G * I* V * E
IRRIGON
Th-> bazaarr given laat Saturday
evening was a success socially and
fin an cially.
The grto»s receipts
were about *70.
Irrigon high school boy« came out
on the short end of the scoro In a
basket ball gRme with Boardman
high at the Boardman skating rink
Our town team won from Boardman
town team H -* .
Mrs. Earl Rand who has been vis
iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs, W.
R. W alpole, has returned to her
home In Portland.
The Wadsworth store was brok
en into last Sunday night and about
»5 In small change taken.
Gertrude Graybeal a tte n d d
her
high school classes "all day" Tues
day.
Irrigon Sunday school will give a
(short Xmas program one evening
n est week. Watch for posters.
Delbert Knight has returned from
' Baker to spend the winter months
with home folks.
Conservation of natural
and reclaiming of lands loet to agri
culture were defined aa the “two
teal questions vital to the supre
macy of the nation,” by Secretary
Work in an address opening a con
ference on reclamation and colonisa
tion of idle lands.
“We must begin again. In the
cost, as did our forefather«." ho
'«aid. "not to conquer the land, take
» living from It and abandon It. but
o restore it.” Reclamation from
low on, the secretary belfevea,
ihould include the recapture and ro-
toratlon of lost soil fertility aasart-
ng that “when the lime to extract
'd from the soil and deposited In,
men’s arteries, the end of the com
munity Is in sigh t.”
Emphasizing the economic Im
portance of reclamation of idle land
In the east, which he estimated at
a large proportion of the 42,000,000
acres of such Idle arable land in the
country, Mr. (Work continued''.
“Reclamation of these humid re
gions doe« not require the expendi
ture of millions of dollars for irriga-
‘lon work. The water qupply comes
from the clouds and Is spread w ith
out cost. The federal government
hrv, spent *200,000,000 to build lr-
Igatlon works to provide water for
t . 800,000 acres of arid and s^nt-arid
'and In the west. Sixty m illion doL
'ars w ill be required to complete
hese works and a like sum to to be
■pent on new projects. Expenditure
if lesser sums for fertilizers in the
estoratlon of exhausted lands would
nakn quick returns and elim inate
the long haul.”
Irrigated agriculture id .a • l e
nity to which eastern farmers are
not attracted, the secretary aald,
riding that "reclamation to a nat-
'onal prohleu^ and should
be so
’rested. We shoMd fartfi lb « , and
farm better.”
Social and economic! phases of
'he question also were discussed by
he secretary, declaring that an eco
nomic strain was Increasing bet
ween the Pacific coast and the rest
if the country. Remarking that
westerners had turned manufactur
ers and were developing a market
through the golden gate, he be
loved that "economically a trade
llvislon is pending between the
Ktlantlc and Pacific states.”
“Horn« production and home con-
uimptlon w ill soon demand inten
sive study by our economists,” he
-ontlnued. The great divide al-
eady means more than a "seam In
the eatth ’a surface. It is already a
-ent In the economic fabric of the
nation.”
It Is the intention of the Inter*
lor department, he aald, to use the
*100,000
appropriated
by con-
gresg for the study of aetlement of
Idle land In a comprehensive way
rather than In promoting local col
onization schemes.
The conference was called to or
der by Dr. Elwood Mead, commis
sioner of reclamation, who In a brief
welcome said the problem of recla
mation waH essentially that of get
ting cultivators on land rather than
preparing land for them, a prob-
l«n which In his opinion affected
not only the west, but the enttre
country.
“This conference Is to one of the
most Important conferences called
n my official life,” he continued.
Secretary Jardine followed Sec
retary Work, emphasizing the na-
lonwtde asp t of reclamation and
the necessity e" ’’ ding markets for
farmers «»• - hr “ '’«etlon.
He ad ’ thrt much land that
’■ad b e-“ • rvlr* *ar
’d h a , h*eu
plowed t.,) an<’ s e i f ' ’ shn” M h r «
been I'" a "rng? ’ id.
-T»-- a
won’ " reer ' v 1"
r " ' ot gov-
" rt
hlr
»'•a* Ima
>rn' ent
toward t ,g l“g :.iorc *i l.l I t . 0 CUl-
tivatlop.
The teachers and students of Ir
rigon sehools are working diligent
ly at the preparation of the Christ HERMISTON TFRU A 7 " N D’ TT.
NPTTCF.
m as exercises which w ill be given
The rrjent classifier.’Ion Of the
fieri Wednesday evening. Everybody
land-t of the Derm'nton Irrigation
Invited.
District made by Mr. Strahorn of
j The Orange will give one of Its. the IT. S. Department of Agriculture
'«octal meeting,, on Friday evening Is on file at the local office of the
of this week. Let everyone In the IT. S. R. B. and open for Inspeetion.
All owners of Class * lands who
community try- to attend as these,
¡affairs are given for the good of are net satisfied w ith th e classifi
all.
, cation are requested to report that
.
fact to the Secretary of the Board
Gertrude 'G raybeal
entertained ! of Directors as aoon as possible.
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W. J. WARNER.
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