TTTT HERMISTON HERJUJ). HERMISTON, OBBQOM. Published every Thursday at Hsr- miston, Umatilla County. Oregon by Joseph 8. Harvey, editor and man­ ager. Sintered as second class matter Deeember, 190d, at the postofflce at Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon Subscription Kates One Tear ..................... - ............... $2.0« Bis Months — ......................... —- 1 1.00 ABOUT THE PRIMARY A suggestion has been made b; the Oregon Voter for Improving th< present direct primary law by mak Ing the party organization re.tponsl ble for selecting one candidate fo each office, each candidate to be vot ed on by voters as at present, alonj. with others who may want the nom (nation. The Voter admits there ar some weighty objections to the pro posal and discusses them at length. Friends of the direct primary, ant the Herald belongs in that category remembering the abuses that were : part and parcel of the old conventiot system, watch jealously any effort t< tinker with the law. Candor compel the admission that the law Is not perfect. Moreover, It Is not satlsfac tory. It is better than the old conven tlon system because it prevents bos dictation, but It leaves voters at th< mercy of self starting, self appointer office seekers whose questionable fit ness to serve in office does not Inspire confidence. The suggestion of tht Voter is worthy of serious consider ation. The suggetion in part is a: follows: If a method can be provided which keeps control of nominations in thi hands of voters, and still impose« on the party organization the duty oi making preliminary recommendation, to the voters who are registered a members of the party, such a meth od ought to lead to better nomina­ tions. We believe that such a method can be provided, and that in no sense would it abridge the freedom ol choice of voters in selecting the act ual nominee at the primaries. The method wonld consist of ex­ tending permission to .puch party or­ ganization to propose one candidate for each office for which party nom­ inations are to be made at the prl marles. On the primary ballot, the name o each candidate so proposed would be identified by a statement such as : "Proposed by convention of member, of the republican county central com m ittee,” or "Proposed by convention of delegates regularly called by re­ publican county centrnl committee.’ Such a candidacy should be filet' 30 days In advance of the time foi filing other candidacies, so there would be at least 30 days durlni which the candiducy would be beTor< the public prior to the closing ple who left this dis­ trict a few years ago have either re turned or are planning to return it the near future. All of which may be Interpreted as a reason for keeping an eye on this Hermiston district. McKay i, eivoir Is fillin'- wilt water to be used for irrigating arid land. Only a few ytars ago McKay dam was a dream. A nortlie.ot wind brought soon winter, the flrnt we linve bad foi two years. Have you shopping yet? done tiiat t hrt .tmn. i l l -l-t-H - ; 3,000 at Serv'ce V ow I T hey Talk W ith Dead ■ - t- H - S - H -i- K - H -i- l- I I Ixindon.—An Impressive belief ' ’ In spiritualism was registered nt I the spiritualists' nntionl nrmis • ’ tic« service In Albert hall. Sir . , Arthur Conan Hoyle, lending til* ' ' services, suddenly appealed t-> ■ > Ills hearers, shouting: J ’ "I ask all who are sure that • • they have been In tomb with J ’ their deed to rise and testify." ■ > More Ilian .H,Otwi men and wmn J en of all types quietly rose, and 1 • thia brought from Sir Arthur I this fervent stnteniepl : • • “Thank Gt»l then* are so ninny ■ I priqdieay within live years that ' ' to such an appeal every very man and j , woman will rise We are not j testifying to faith hut ut to fact.” J OREGON NEWS ITEMS TURKISH PROGRESS OF SPEGIAMNTEREST IS BLOW TO CZECHS Brief Resume of Happenings of the Week Collected for Our Readers. TIA L9 Abolition of Fez Hita Im­ portant Industry. Washington.—When news reached the world that Turkey bad abolished , the fez It created mild Interest. That la. the Interest was mild In Fire of unknown origin destroyed nearly all the world except In a little tha Coyle dance hall In Vernonia. Czechoslovakian village In the Itoliiner Fourteen million eggs of eastern , Wald, where It stirred up Hiuazeinenl ’ irook trout have been taken at the j Instead. Now the (leople of Strakonltz ) have protested against Turkey's nbuii 7*all river hatchery, near Bend. donment of Its traditional headgear Farmers of the Haines district are because It cripples their Industry of zery optimistic over the crop outlook supplying fezzes to Turkey. “The predicament of Strakonltz or next year. Six feet of snow is re- (the Czechs spell It Strakonlce) af icrted in the mountains. fords a telling cross-section ol ‘ Twenty-seven hundred Christmas Czechoslovakian Industry," says a bul reas are to be shipped this season letln from the headquarters of the Na­ rom Canby for ihe holiday season to tional Geographic society In Wash 1 ington. Ionolulu and San Francisco. SCULLY’S SYRUP BAKING POWDER “Li ng before Czechoslovakia he Harvey Kaser, 13, was accidentally | came an Imleiieiuleiit state It had the hot through the abdomen by his | habit of making things for other na­ 35c 1 Pound Calumet ....................................... »rother Oral, 15, while the two were j tions. When the buying power of Eu­ tunting with a .32 rifle near Salem. rope shrank after I lie war, Czech« 65c 1 2 1-2 Pounds C alum et............................ At Reedsport the several mills are slovakians were forced afar for mar- , utting about 7,500,000 feet of lumber kets as they never were hefore. The ach month, the larger portion of . ‘Yankees of Europe,’ ns they have been .40c ! 50 Ounce K. C.................................... called, have been doing business with ’ which is being shipped to foreign ' the ‘Yankees’ of America. What worn j ports. an Is not familiar with Czcchoslovn- | 75c 2 One Pound Cans Peanut Butter. 45c The Coos County Ministerial associ- klan glass beads from Gablonz, with ition, at an assembly held in Myrtle ! Czech embroidery and Bohemian 40c 18 Ounce Bottles Catsup, 2 Bottles.... Point recently, went on record as op- I glassware? .......... 45c "■‘Strakonltz. Gablonz, Klndno, Prib­ iosed to billboard advertising of cig- ram, Brunn and other manufacturing irettes. towns are In Ihe western end of the A number of the prominent grow­ country. Czechoslovakia, ut first, ers of the Sheridan district met in seemed an awkwnrdly long name, b ill he city hall of Sheridan to talk over I It helps one remember the geography plans for organizing the prune grow- | of the nation. Czech is a short, com | pact name, and likewise the western jrs of the northwest. or Czech, or Bohemian section, Is as KERR’S CEREALS CORN, PEAS, KRAUT, 7 cans for....................... 97c Benny Caesar, 17, son of Levi Cae- ! compact ns a box. Slovakia stretches ar of North Bend, Is in a serious con- j out on the tongue und geographically 9 Pound Sacks O a ts................................................55c dition as the result of being caught ! tapers out along the Carpathian range P. & G. Soap, 10 bars for........................................39c ind mangled in a large electric bread like a senrf trailing behind the Bo 9 Pound Sacks Hot Cake Flour............................. 75c nixer in a local bakery. hemlnn box. 12 Pounds White or Red Mexican Beans for....$1.00 9 Pound Sacks Coarse Graham............................. 55c Four inches of snow has fallen in , “The edges of the box nre nioun he Siskiyou mountains and, owing to I tain ranges and Strakonltz lies near the south wall. Another way of giv­ Kerr’s Oats or Wheat Flakes, per package........... 40c ilippery conditions, the Pacific high j ing Its position Is to say that Strako­ 10 Pounds Rice for..................................................y^c way is unsafe and several minor collt- nltz lies half way between Ceske Bu- Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, 5 packages for................. 50c lions have been reported. dejovlce and Plzen. A still better way 3 1-2 Pound Package Aunt Jemima Pancake Nine died in Portland as the result I Is to say that 1« lies half way between Post Toasties, 5 packages for................................50c of automobile accidents during No­ Budwels and Pilsen, for the German Kellogg’s Bran Flakes, 4 packages f o r ................. 45c F lo w ....................... vember, according to the report of spellings of those towns are far more Dr. Earl Smith, coroner for Multno- j familiar to an American than the Czech spellings. 4 Pound Pails Pure Lard, Special......................... 85c mah county, for that month. Volstead Act Grieved Pilsen. Miss Mina Bluhm of Beavercreek 1 “The sorrow caused Strakonltz by 8 Pound Pails Pure Lard, Special....................... $1.58 brought a crate of Cuthbert raspber­ the Turkish edict against the fez Is .... 75c I ries to Oregon City last week. They < a drop In the bucket beside the grief 8 Pound Pails Snowdrift, per pail ..... $1.95 found a ready sale at $3.00 a crate, i Pllseu faced because of the United States’ declaration of prohibition. I’ll $1.45 4 Pound Package Raisins, per package here being 24 boxes in thu crate. ..... ...40c sen's municipal brewery Is the largest A higher tariff- on eggs imported In Czechoslovakia and one of the larg­ .... 50c 6 Pounds Petite Prunes, Special for ........ 50c (rom China is sought by the Oregon est In the world. Its product goes to .$1.00 1 branch of the International Baby nearly every land. This brewery Is a 2 Cans Oysters, Special for.............. ........ 39c Chick association, which held its semi- community project operated by a few innual meeting in Portland last week. hundred house owners of the town. "While the textile Industries, In The Yamhill County Htgh School dndlng the hat making of the Strako­ basketball league has opened its fifth nltz district, nre extensive, even a season. The league is composed of slight Inquiry Into the Czechoslova­ the high schools of Amity, Carlton, I kian trade reveals that Bohemia Is es Dayton, Sheridan, Willamlnu and Yam- i peclally dedicated to beverages. First there Is Hana (Prossnltz) in Moravia, hill. The 1927 Rainier city budget, call­ between Bohemia and Slovakia, fa­ ing for $18,373 60, was passed by the mous for Ils barley malt, which is shipped all over the world. Then city cotindl last week. Of this amount there Is Saaz (Zntee) In the far west $12,903 will be raised by receipts for of Bohemia, famous for Its hops, Del Monte Tomato Sauce, 3 cans for................... 25c Del Monte Asparagus Tips, 1 pound cans........... 35c the city, and the balance will come which nre shipped to I’llsen and to from taxation. Germany. There also nre the numer­ High water In the Sluslaw river ous breweries. And finally there Is Quart Cans D ills..... ................................................ 23c Del Monte Pimentoes, 2 cans for...:........................25c during the past week took out a cable the extensive glass Industry centered In Gablonz (.lablonee) for fancy ware suspension bridge across the stream, Del Monte Red Salmon, 3 full pound cans....... $1.00 Nally’s Salad Dressing, Large Size Bottles........... 45c and Teplltz (Tepllee), Prague (Pra­ and since then more than half the ha), etc., for plainer ware. pupils of the Rainrock school have “Pilsen, Strakonltz and Budwels are DROMEDARY DATES, FIGS, CLUSTER RAISINS Libby’s Ripe Olives, per can..................................20c been unable to attend classes. also within the chief health springs The army of state employes has In- district of southern Bohemia, one of creased from 350 In the year 1899 the most famous of Europe. In pas' PITTED DATES Del Monte Sweet Pickles, quart cans, Special.. .43c with a monthly payroll of $25,000, to ages the country was liberally sprln 5376 In November, 1926, with a month- kled with small volcanic peaks. Vol­ canic activity has survived only In y payroll of $547,000, according to the warm health springs, such «« Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state. Karlovy Vary, better known ns Karls The cost of supplies for state Instl- had. and Mar Lnzne oetter known os •utlons during the six months begln- Marlenbad." >lng January 1, 1927, will be about the same as during the current six Whistling Policeman aontha, according to bids opened by Is Saved by Whistle he state board of control In Salem. New York.—There was considerable Portland ranked fourth among the whistling early In the morning In tlie cities of the Pacific coast In value of vicinity of Manhattan avenue and One "luildlng permits issued during Novem­ Hundred ami Eighteenth street. Patrolman Frank A. Ryan of the ber, according to a survey made by S. W. Straus & Co. The value of per West One Hundredth street station nits issued In this city totaled $2 099,- was making his rounds Just before daylight while solemnly contemplat­ •25. ing, as Is his wont, a weighty meta­ Representative Hawley has tele- physical problem. He was Just specu traphed friends In Salem that the in- luting ns io what would have been ‘erlor department has included In its the fate of Europe had Napoleon not ■ppioprlatlons for the next two years had a cold the night hefore the battle n Item of $40.000 for the construction of Waterloo, when he was Interrupted f a dormitory at the Chetnawa Indian liy the sight of three men trying to break Into Samuel Llpmnnls drug chool. I store nt the Intersection of the afore­ Motorists seem io have lost interest mentioned tliorouglifnrea. a getting their 1927 license plates “Whew—" whistled Patrolman ■ally, according to W. L. Campbell, iiyan to himself. n charge of the Portland branch of | "Whew,” whistled the three men he state license bureau. Few ow.i- on finding themselves thus rudely in-