THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON.
Vlp^rrartatan WrraUi
Published every Thursday at Her.
mleton, Umatilla County, Oregon by
Joeeph 8. Harvey, editor and man
ager.
Entered ad second class matter
December, ISO«, at the postoffice at
Hermiston. Umatilla County, Oregon.
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THINGS MOVE ALONG
the Westland district to see «h at is
being done here. Some sales of
laud have been made, others are in
course of negotiation, and other
pro«pective settlers are planning to
be here within the next few weeks
to see at first hand )ust what this
district has to offer.
Every Indication points to the
ushering in of a new era of gradual
expansion and development. Many
people who left the farm a few years
ago to try industries and a regular
pay day In the cities have had time
to check up on results and to find
that while Income on the payroll may
be a bit steadier than on the farm,
outgo Is Just as regular as payday
and that the farm has a lot of ad
vantages that people have been prone
to minimize during the period of
In a survey of business conditions
in Portland published Sunday by the!
Oregonian, the statement was made poHt war ePre,B OB-
that those lines of business whose1
"
dealings are chiefly with the farm NOWATER SUM WIL TRY
AGAIN FOR RIDING HONORS
ers are having a better volume than
for some time and that prospects are
for a gradual increase. Good crops Buckarco Who Hit Gnt Last Year
From Sunfishin’ Cal to be
in the state as a whole with the
At Roand-Up
average of prices fairly satisfactory
are the factors that are interpreted
as explaining the gradual resumption . Pendleton, Ore., July 22— To a real
of buying on the part of the agricul cowboy, that la a buckaroo, a rider
of mean horses, the supreme sin is
tural interests of the state.
“pulling leather.”
In the Umatilla valley's Irrigated
As pulling leather consists merely
districts a greater spirit of optimism
In grabbing the horn of the saddle
prevails today than for several years.
It has no particular consequence In
It is not a "hip, hip. hurrah" sort
the eyes of the layman save as a
cf optimism and is not being shout
possible means of keeping off the
ed from the house tops, but Its pres
ground and avoiding Injury.
ence can be felt and seen and heard I
A real buckaroo. with his heart
(torn a good many angles.
in the work and taking pride In hts
Thig year farmers have had a technique, will be thrown rather
greater variety of crops to sell on than pul) ;eather.
the Umatilla project than ever be-
Last fall at the Round-Up Nowater
fore. Very few Individuals had any Sllm. one of the best riders In the
great volume of any one commodity, business, had just got piled rather
except some who are still In the al- hurriedly and rather neatly from
falfa raising game on a big scale, but^^g hack of Cal Coolidge, a gaunt,
in the aggregate the sales of aspara gray demon with pronounced ability
gus, berries, early potatoes and along sun-fishing lines.
other truck crops have brought a
Slim got up and dusted off his
nice wad of cash to farmers all dur pants disgustedly.
ing the season. Receipts from eggs
“Why didn't you pull leather Slim,
have been heavier than ever before asked a tall photographer who was
nnd have come along In a steady taking In hts first Round-Up.
stream that helped farmers a lot.
Slim looked at him in his tired,
The price of butterfat hag not been quizzical way and then looked into
so high as in some seasons, but It the blue sky knowingly.
has not shown the wide fluctuations
“Did you see any leather up there
that at times can be disquieting to where I iwaq at, stranger?" glim
both produoerg and butter makers.
queried sarcastically, "Gosh dinged
A lively Interest on the part of ef I did!"
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prospective settlers Is already be
But hope springs eternal in the
ing displayed In our Irrigated laml, cowboy chest and Slim will be baek
both developed and undeveloped. at the Round-up this year with vis
As a result of concerted efforts to ions of winning the bucking cham
secure the new settlers that will be pionship during the days of Septem
needed to make homes on lands ber IS, 16, 17 and 18. He has as
watered from McKay reservoir, a good n chance as any, for there's
number of outside people, quite a many a winner who knows the taste
few from outside of the state, have of the arena’s dust, and the best of
been going over the old project and them get plied at times.
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PENDLETON, OREGON
Buster Brown
oe Store
Pendleton, Oregon
Announces Its Third
2 FOR I SHOE SALE
Two pairs of Women’s or Children’s Shoes for the price of one.
It need not be two pairs of the same style. You need not buy two
pairs for the same person—bring your friends and family and split
the bill.
Come early and get the pick of sizes and patterns.
This sale will not last long, so we urge you to come a t its beginning.
SALE STARTS FRIDAY MORNING