THE HEBMlSTOir HBAALD, HKHMISTON, OMGOM,
® hr Vrntrtrtira Wrrali
Published every Thursday at Her
miston, Umatilla County, Oregon bj
Joseph 8. Harvey, editor and man
ager.
Entered as second class mattei
December, 1»OI, at the poetofflce at
Hermiston, Umatilla County. Oregon
Subscription Kates
One T e a r .................... — ......... $2.0»
Six M onths.................. $1.96
Flowers are not ordinarily sold
from gardens and so are not given
much prominence from an economic
point of view, but they are necessary
to make home all that It should be
The exhibit at the Dairy * Hof
show thlfl year from the flower gar
den of Mrs. H. J. Ott wag beautlfu
beyond the power of mere words tr
express. The whole community owei
Mrs. Ott a vote of thanks for het
labor and thoughtfulness in provid
ing the exhibit.
Exhibits of the products of one
farm of the quality produced thl:
year In the competition at the shoe
should not be permitted to end theii
work at the conclusion of the show
The prize winning exhibits shoulc
be put on display In the windows o;
local business houses for a week ot
two in order to let more of the worlc
know just what can be done In thli
district. Those exhibit, certainly nai'
the lie that this country lacks In pro
ductlvity, and all the people possible
should see them.
Operation Is Performed
Mrs. B. S. Kingsley received t
cablegram last Friday giving the In
formation that Earl KIngSley sub
milted to an operation In a Sidney
Australia, hospital, and stood the or
deal very well. Mr. and Mrs. Ear
Kingsley left In August to secure the
services of a famous special In nerve
8urgery In Sidney.
VARIETY OF CROPS AT SHOW
(Continued Front Page One)
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Issued (or the arrest of Talent and his
At The Hospital
ball fixed at $2060. The grand jury
Patten tg reported at the Hermis
heard 32 witnesses and spent three ton hospital are Mr«. H. F, Cohen of
days hearing the testimony.
Beattie, Martin Harrison of Blalock
Island and Mia. A. W. Agnew.
Rain Prevents Harvesting of Crops.
Moscow, Idaho.—Crop damages are
Washington, D. C.—Corn production
this year was estimated at 2,603,437,- likely to be heavy In many northern
000 bushels, and spring wheat produc Idaho communities as the result of
tion at 313,771,000 bushels by the de excessive rains. The wheat crop in
the Moecow district will suffer a loss
partment of agriculture.
Winter wheat production was esti- i of about 150.000 bushels, while the
mated at 652,767.000 bushels, making pea crop also suffered heavily. Re
the total wheat crap this year 866,538,- ! ports from the central Idaho region
We Haul
000 bushels. The estimates were based state that 40 per cent of the $3,000,000
ANYTHING
grain crop and 90 per cent of the $350,-
on conditions existing October 1.
ANYWHERE
Production forecasts a month ago 000 bean crop are still in the fields
and last year’s crops were: Corn, 2,-; rapidly deteriorating and in some
ANYTIME
156,661400 and 2,466.243,000; spring; cases rotting in the shocks. This sec
TEI,EPH0NE 31
wheat, 308,125,000 and 205.376,000; ; tion of the state faces the heaviest
winter wheat, 552,767,000 and«427,433.- : loss in history.
000, and all wheat, 860,202,000 and
French T rying to Calm Balkan States
882,808,000 bushels.
The Indicated production of spring : Paris.—The French government is
wheat by Important production states using its friendly offices to calm the
includes; South Dakota, durum 15,- ) Jugo-SIav-Bulgarian situation. It Is
296.000 bushels; all other, 22,624,000. believed that the Bulgarian comit-
Idaho, 21,328,000. Washington, 19,168,- adjis, or Irregulars, who are charged
with disorders along the frontier, are
000.
working more on their own account
than
for Bulgaria.
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
GRAIN PRODUCTION
EXCEEDS LAST YEAR
H erm iston
T ransfer
His duties as vice-president ot the
local bank bring, R. Alexander of
Pendleton to Hermiston periodically,
and he was here tor a couple ot dayt
th l, week.
He was- Interested in
the prgreee that has been made here
by turkey growers.
F. B. Swayie and A. 11. Norton
were In Pendleton last night tor tlv
meeting of bankers of the county.
State officer, of the Oregon organ
ization of bankers were present and
discussed subject, of vital interest
to those present.
SHOW MAKES NEW MARK
(Continued from
one)
Grand Champion female—E. 0.
State Hospital.
Registered Holstein Sires
lutein bull— Tom Haddox, first;
Hoists
Dan Follett, second.
'Grade Cattle
Cow, 4 year and over—L. C. Dyer,
first; L. C, Todd, second; L. Tilden,
third.
Cow 3 years and under 4— L. T il
den, frst; George Ellis, second.
Cow under 3 years— L. C. Dyer.
Helfer 1 year and over— C. Stock-
ard, first; C. Hunt, second; L. Til
den, third.
Helfer under 1 year—G. Haddox,
first; L. C. Dyer, second: L. Starr,
third.
Open to All Dairy Cattle
Get of sire, 4 animals, any age.
either sex, two or more exhibitors
may combine— L. C. Dyer, first; L.
Tilden, second; A. W. Agnew, third.
Product of dam. 2 animals, either
sex— L, C, Todd, first; A. W. Agnew,
second.
Beet fltte«] animal— K. O. State
Hospital, first; L, C, Todd, second;
O. Haddox. third.
Best display dairy cat:te—L. C.
Todd, first; L. C. Dyer, second.
U. 8. Favors Refund sf French Lose
Washington, D. C.—Despite ths gov
ernment’s ban on new loans to
France, the state department has ap
proved the refunding, at 6 per rent
of the $78.000.000 loan ts that nation
which was made three years ago at
$ per cent.
NOTICE
Notice la hereby given that the board of directors of Union Hlg'i
School District No. 9 of Umatilla County, Oregon, will meet In the High
School auditorium In the School House in Hermiston, Oregon. In said
district on October 29. 1927 at 8 p. m. for the purpose of levying thf
tax for the fiscal year beginning on June 30, 1927 and ending on June
30, 1928 at which time the following estimate and budget may be
cusSed with said board.
The total amount ot money needed by said Union High School
trlct for the fiscal year 1927 and 1928 Is estimated in the following tu
get;
UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT KO. 9
BUDGET
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES
PERSONAL SERVICE;
Sal. per year
Superintendent, one ........................
$1800.00
Teachers. one ...................................... $1700.00
$1700.00
One '......................................................... 1530.00
1530.00
Four ...............
1350.00
5400.00
One ..........
406.00
405.00
Janitors, one ...................................... 600.00
600.00
Clerk and bond ................................. 150.00
150.00
Total ......................................... .......................................................
BOW M AN
SHOE SHOP
Six were killed and 15 others were
injured when twe floors of the Kim
berly Clark papua mills collapsed at
Kimberly, Wis.
Major-General William R. Smith
vas designated by President Coolidge
to be superintendent of the West Point
military academy, effective aext Feb
ruary.
Lieutenant-Colonel John F. Dillon, a
member of the recently created fed
eral radio commission, died in San
■
’ranclsco at Letterman general hospi-
al. He was 61 years old and was re-
lred from the army.
Robert E. Strahorn- of Spokane,
,Vash„ builder of the Oregon, Callfor-
ita & Eastern railroad, of Klamath
''alia, Or., and Miss Ruby Garland,
tan Francisco business woman and
zorUl traveler, were married at San
■
’rancisco,
American hens aro creating a record
'or themselves by laying collectively
t the rate of 769 eggs a second or
14,900,000,000 a yoar, the department
if agriculture said, explaining that
hey accounted for about 16 per cent
if the total value of all livestock »nd
ts products last year.
T H E M ARKETS
Portland
Wheat—B. B. bluestem, $1.28; hard
white, $1.26; federation, soft white,
western white, hard winter, $1,25;
northern spring, $1.24; western red,
$1.23%.
Hay _ Alfalfa, $16.50® 17; valley
timothy, $16.50@17; eastern Oregon
timothy, $20.
Butterfat—44c.
Eggs—Ranch, 32@39c.
Cattle—Steers, good, $8 50@9.
Hogs—Medium to choice, $10.00®
11.25.
Lambs — Medium to choice, $10.50
®11.80.
Seattle.
Wheat—Soft white, western white,
hard winter, northern spring, $126;
western red, $1.25; bluestem, $1.29;
dark northern spring. $1.40; dark hard
winter, $1.36.
Hay — Alfalfa. $25; timothy, $28;
P. S„ $22.
Butter—Creamery, 46c.
Eggs—Ranch, 45c.
Cattle—Steers, choice, $9@9.40,
Hogs—Prime, $1!.15@11.25.
Spokane.
Cattle—Steers, good, $8.50@9.00.
Hogs—Good, $10.50® 10.75.
1 1
a background of asparagus vines. ?
miniature dairy barn with cows It
their places In stalls wag displayed,
and a football field'w ith "peanut’
players and spectators on the bleach
erg occupied the center of the exhlb
It. An airplane, the "Spirit of Her
miston,” was another novelty.
W. E. Roberts had a eotton plan!
on display. The bolls were still greet
and had not opened. A variety ol
other crop, wag displayed In single
exhibits, and the window was filled
with flowers furnished by Mrs. H. J
Ott and H. W. Loudermilk.
UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 9
U. 8. Sends France New T a r iff Note.
Paris.—A new Americas tariff note,
vhich is described as "concillatr'<-y>”
vas presented to the French gc ,-a-
nent by American charge d’afi is
theldon Whitehouse. It is unders oof
hat the note contains proposals for a
•ompromise by which America would
iventually remove restrictions upon
Trench Imports on condition France
¡ease discriminating against American
mports. It is proposed that, in the
meantime, a new commercial treaty
be negotiated.
— We Use—
Modern
Machinery
in all our repair work and guar
antee our materials and workman
ship.
OUT OF TOWN WORK
H E R M IS T O N ,
E a rly Form o f B an jo
The existence of Instruments o f the
lute or guitar kind implies a certain
grade of knowledge and culture
among people who know how to
stretch strings over soundboards and
ro determine the repaired Intervals
by varying the vibrating length of the
strings. Such instruments found in
use by savage or very uncivilized peo
ples
suggest
their
Introduction
through political or religious con-
juest by a superior ruce. The Arabs
may thus, or by trade, have bestowed
a guitar Instrument on the negroes of
western Africa and the Senegnmblnn
‘bnnln" mny lie, ns Mr. Carl Engel
suggests, the pnreut of the American
aegro’s banjo.
Washington, D. C.—The financial
mtlook of the government indicates
hat tax reduction of $360,000,000 or
1400,000,000, as recommended by the
United States Chamber of Commerce,
would be unfeasible, in the opinion of
President Coolidge, It waa announced
at the White House.
OREGON
T u rk e y s , T u rk e y s
I want them, now, or next
week, or any time. W ill buy
whole flocks,, part flocks, young
or old- Figure with me before
you sell.
Address HERMISTON, OREGON
Telephone, Echo, 15-F-14
Seattle 8blp Firm Loses Claims Plea. ,
Washington, D. C.—Ths Skinner & \
Eddy corporation lost In the supreme !
court in its fight to compel Comp- j
troller General McCarl ts pass upon i
its claim growing out of war time |
contracts with the Emergency Fleet |
corporation amouuling to about $9,-
000,000.
SPECTACULAR BOOZE
RAIDS FORBIDDEN
renew U nex
time you an
In town.
H erm iston
H osp ital
OUR MOTTO :
FAIRNESS AND SERVICE
Come and see us about our new
and reasonable rates. Graduate
Washington, D. C. — Spectacular
raids on night clubs and cabarets I nurse in attendance at all times.
will not be tolerated l< Prohibition
TELEPHONE 881
Commissioner Doran, who u a t out a
new manual of instructions for dry
agents.
The agents were ordered ( to cease
the practice of dramatically rushing
into cabarets with drawn revolvers
In making raids. Arms, the commis
sioner said, should bo used only in
self defense, as their unnecessary dis
play encourages shooting.
Agents, however, r. -y still use ehot
guns, rifles and machine guns in
operating agnlnst mccnshiners in the
Your needs in everything
mountainous sections.
The ccmmi-siener riso acmonish'1:) j th a t is necessary to com
agents against unnecessary drinking
plete your golf outfit
of liquors to obtain evidence.
W e H ave
A n ticip a ted
C om e
in
and
i g iv e our line the
“on ce over.”
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INDEBTEDNESS:
1500.00
Warrant, and interest thereon ----
Total ............................................................ - .................................
$1500.00
RENT :
Rent
$1500.00
.....................................................................................................
ASSESSMENTS (Highways,
Streets, Bridges)
Roads,
..... None
$2000.00
MISCELLANEOUS:
Total .................................................................................................. $200.00
Total estimated amount of mon
ey for all purposes during the
year .................................................................... *........................... $18585.00
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS— NONE
RECAPITULATION
Total estimated expenses for the year
18585.00
Total estimated receipts not Includ
ing proposed tax ...............................
None
Balance, amount to b§ raised by
district tax .........................................................................................— $18585.00
Total indebtedness of District No.
9 ig as follows:
Total warrant indebtedness ..........
10808.14
Total amount of all indebtedness..
10808.14
Dated this 3rd day of October, 1927.
t
Jessie Goff
Board of Directors
Attest: R. A. Brownson
District Clerk
UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 9
This original estimate is made In compliance with section 231-A of the school laws of 1923 and shows
In parallel columns tue unt costs of the several services, material and supplier for the three fiscal years
next preceding the current year, the detail expenditures for the last one of said
three preceding fiscal
years and the budget allowances and expenditure^ for six months of the current year. ("Six months of
the current year” means six months of the last school year.)
EXPENDITURES
Estimated
E xpendi
ture« for
theenaaing
SeboolYear
Expenditure and
Budget Allowance
for 9 mo. of
L eet School Year
---------------Budget
E xpen Allow-
unee in
diture
In detail detail
Expenditure« for 3 Fieeel y ’er
n ext preceding leet school yr.
Detailed E x-
pendituree fo r
tn e tnre«-year
T lr a t v e e r
gecend
r fy .
give yearly
yearly
totals
Come fri on<
Maternity Cases our Specialty
INDICT DRY OFFICER
$1800.00
ORIGINAL ESTIMATE AND ACCOUNTING SHEET
ITEM
H as Y our
Subscription
E x p ir e d ?
300.00
300.00
300.00
200.00
500.00
170.00
30.00
TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS;
ALSO SOLICITED
G ilbert S m ith
Coolidge Opposes Reduction of Taxes.
Terry A. Talent to Faee Trial for
Death of timmerise.
Medford, O r - Terry A. Talent. 82
federal prohibition eaferesment offl
ear. was Indicted by s grand jury un
der the direction sf Assistant At tor
ney-General Llljeqvist. appointed by
the governor to InvusCgats the death
Remember 29 of Maraford 3!i-nmerlee
during the progress of a moonshim
raid. The bill charges luvoloatar)
manslaughter. A benvh war,am waa
Now open in the room formerly
occupied by the W hite Tailor
Shop.
MATERIAL AND SUPPLIES:
Furniture (desks, stoves, curtains,
etc........................................................
Supplies (chalk, erasers, etc.) ......
Playground equipment .................
Janitor's supplies .............................
Fuel ......................................... ..............
Light .................. ...................................
Water ...................................................
Total .................................................
$11585.00
HITT
PERSONAL SERVICE:
1. Superintendent ........ $1800.00
1 Man .......................... 1700.00
1, $170 month .......... 1530.00
3. Tcahers .......................
4, $150 month ............. 5400.00
1, $45.00 pe month..... 405.00
4. Janitors ........................ 600.00
5. Clerk and bond.......... 150.00
Total —Peronal Services .. 11585.00
MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES:
1. Furniture, desks, equip 500.00
2. Supplies (chalk, etc.) .. 400.00
5. Playground equipment 300.60
6. Janitor’s supplies .... 200.06
7. Fuel .............................. .. 500.00
8. Light ............................ 170.00
30.00
9. Water ..........................-
10. Postage, stationery .
Total-—Materials, Supplies.. $2100.06
CONSTRUCTION:
Total— Construction ............
$ 900.00
900.00
765.00
$ 900.00
900.00
765.00
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None
None
None
2700.00
202.50
202.60
50.60
5720.00
2700.00
202.50
202.50
50.00
5720.00
None.
Nonet
None.
None.
Nonet
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None
None
None
None
None
171.00
231.00
225.00
65.00
221.00
85.00
11.(5
784.(5
100.00
300.00
75.00
45.00
50.00
795.00
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
None
...........
—.........
None.
None.
None
None.
None.
None
None.
None.
None.
None.
None
None
350.00
350.00
None.
None.
None.
None.
None
None
1998 6»
1091.«$
1260.00
1260.00
None.
None.
None.
None.
None
None
745.90
745.60
(75.00
<75.00
None.
None.
None.
None.
None
None
105.00
106.00
100.00
100.00
None.
None.
None.
None.
None
None
9 8 8 9 3 .»
150.00
150.00
$9050.00
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None.
None
None
None
ASSESSMENTS (Highway»,
Roads, treets, B rid g es):
Totol— Assessments .................- ............
INDEBTEDNESS:
1, Bonded and Int. theron.............
2, Warrants, Int. theron 500.00
3, All other lnbedtedness
and Interest thereon— ......—
Total— Indebtedness ............. 500.00
TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS:
.................................. 2500.00
Total— Trans, of pupils...... 2500.00
RENT:
Rent .................................... 1500
Total-—Rent ................- .......... 1500.00
MISCELLANEOUS:
....................._..................... 500.00
Total— Miscellaneous ........... 500.00
EMERGENCY:
Total— Emergency
GRAND TOTAL
1, R. A. Browr.ron, do
waa prepared by me and
the expenditures for the
piled from the records In
»
$18686.00
441.99
445.00
»
hereby Certify that the above estimate of expenditures Tor the year 1927-192$
that the expenditure and budget allowance for six months of the currant year and
three fiscal year» next preceding the current year as shown above have been com
“ J charge and are true and correct copies thereof.
,
R A BROWNSON, District Cl*Tk,