TTTT HERMISTON HERJUJ). HERMISTON, OBBQOM.
Published every Thursday at Hsr-
miston, Umatilla County. Oregon by
Joseph 8. Harvey, editor and man
ager.
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Deeember, 190d, at the postofflce at
Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon
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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 <pf th
list to olti’er aspirants for the sa n t
nomination.
The candidate proposed by the pur-
yt organization would not be permitt
ed to carry any slogan after hi« nami
on the ballot, other than the iden
tifying atatement suggested above.
Other candidates would be permitted
to carry slogans after their names,
the same as under existing iuw.
The candidate receiving the high
est number of votes would receive
the nomination, as under the exist
ing law.
Fortgoing would tend to encour
age some activity on the part of each
party organization, but would confct
upon it no power to dictate, control
or review nominations. It would be
encouraged to propose candidates for
nomination, with no assurance that
the candidate proposed would bi
nominated. The electors would decide
and would not be bound in any way
to decide ill favor of the candidate
proposed by the party.
Every once In a while someone re
turns from a trip over p a i l s of the
state with a report that the Hermls
ton country Is plugging ahead fastei
with better prospects than most o th .i
districts. It is also a fact that a
number of pe >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-
<rs have made application for their 'errupted.
"Whoa, there!" shouted Patrolman
ew plates.
't.vnn. us he saw the men running to COLD WEATHER CALLS FOR
minutes Is plenty. The mash Is dents. Both talks were very Inter a future meeting.
Oregon's state highway system on their automobile.
esting and much enjoyed by the stu
moistened
by adding buttermilk.
CHANGES IN FEEDING WORE
November 30 of this year included
The driver swerved Ills ear and bore
The Junior class play has be
"It Is important that layers be dents. Mr. Lampson urged us to
521 miles of improved highways and down on him. He pulled his gun and
keep In mind that “education helps chosen. It is "Good Gracious Anr
given
a
regular
supply
of
green
feed
47.6 miles of unimproved highways, Ircd three times. The three returned 0. A. C. Poultry Station Head Tells
and as the kale Is likely to be frozen us to do worth w hile things in life belle," a threo act comedy.
ccbrding to a report prepared by Ray tlie salute. A fourth hit him on the
of Flan Followed With
during this period, mangels, beets or and do them well," and the motto,
dip
and
felled
him.
li in. secretary of the state highway
College Flock.
carrots may be fed. These placed In "laugh and the world laughs with
Basket ball practice has start
All of which gave Patrolman Ryan
ommission.
i new problem. For It was his police
with great enthusiasm. Two cis
the pen throughout the early winter you, weep and you weep alone."
A forked tree on the ranch of J. P whistle, silent all through the Inter-
games were held on Friday night
Successful Oregon poultrymen help season allow the birds to become ac
•erln, near Alsea, proved a most ef!l
■hange, that deflected the bullet that
Thursday afternoon the parent- the auditorium. The Seniors be
maintain high production throughout oustomed to them."
lent bear trap. Perln, visiting Ihe whistled straight for his body.
Very little change Is made In the teacher association met at the high the Juniors and the Freshmen t
the winter by careful feeding of the
•inch, found a big black bear, dead,
feed
Itself from that used at other school. Entertainm ent was provided :ophomores. When these two teat
layers, explain« A. O. Lunn, head of
■’tight In the forks. Apparently the
L ike G h o st S to r ies
times of the year, according to Pro by the eighth grade In a group of play, the w inners w ill be the hi|
tho
experiment
(dation
poultry
de
nitnsl had slipped while rllmhlngthi j tVipenliagen.—Ghost
storie»
are
fessor Lunn. Corn, having sligh tly songs and by Della Fltzell, a first school champions.
•« and bad (alien so that he war i gaining In popularity, according to partment. Any sudden change in
higher
heat value, may be Increased grade pupil. Mr. Cherry. Rev. Ham
puhllahers who are placing weather conditions I» likely to lower
’.«Tht Just 'n front of his hind quar ;
in the scratch grain to advantage rick and Mrs. Schillings were the
production.
Unies»
the
poultrynian
¡.linn
on
tlie
market.
The high school glee clubs are
rs, with his head banging down.
Is ohfervtng, he w ill over-feed at this A higher average production has been ipeakers. They gave short talks on now practicing Christmas carols to
time, »Ince the appetite of the flock maintained at the Oregon experiment "The relation between the home and •Ing on Christmas eve. The clubs
Edible Oil Supply
station farm without any change in the teacher,” The relation between will sing In front of many homes In
w ill not be so keen.
Although the potential production
the church and the school,” and town that evening.
"During December and January, es conipoettion. how rsr.
of edible oils throughout the world for
II is essential that a contant sup ’Habits— P unctuality.” It was sug
pecially around the holiday season,
1025 wan nppnrently larger than In the
"old »nape usually occur when It Is ply of clean water, grit, shell, char gested that the association raise some
Miss Dallnger, the sixth gr
preceding year, there ere Indication»
coal and cut-bone 1» kept before the money to build tennis courts, but dis teacher, was absent one day I
flint a balance may ho »truck bciwpen i Send us ihe price o f & year’: lies« either to cut down m aterially
fowls
at
all
ttmes.
Many
poultry-
rnsslon
was
postponed
to
the
next
on the morning feed of grain or to
ncronses in world cottonseed oil pro-
week and her place was taken
ubscnptiop if you are in arrears divide it Into three periods to keep men change the water several t ' m a s meeting.
tuctlon mid h decren«e In other edible
Mrs. Cherry.
di». Including ilmt from sunflower
the pullets acMve." «ays Professor a day during the cold pells.
ceil. Thi re was i. heavier world con
Lunn. "If t key begin to let up on
The senior class held a meeting
The seventh and eighth grade
unipllon of these product» during the !
food .consumption a moist mash is fed
Monday morning to discuss plan’ ket ball teams are to meet in a
SCHOOL NEWS NOTES
R»t year. Pricua, however, declined I
at noon to stim ulate their appetite.
for the annual senior play. A com Imlnary game Friday night, before
Three pounds of mash to 106 birds
Tuesday afternoon two visitors m ittee was appointed to make a list he high school team plays Um atilla -
— READ THH WANT AD*—»
or enough to toot them about 19 from Kennewick spoke to the stu of suitable plays to be presented at high school.
•SP»
Friday & Saturday, Dec. 17-18
Sperry’s White Down Flour, 49 lb. Sacks, $1.95
Hazel Nuts, W alnuts, Brazils, Pecans, Almonds, Peanuts
M ixed Nuts
Large Size Cans Preferred Stock Pineapple
Fancy, 3 cans for 85c
Xmas Candies from 15c to 40c Pound
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Hermiston
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We Need the Money
Stanfield