The Hermiston herald., March 21, 1929, Image 2

äty? î^rrmtatnn Arraló
in me aectamatory contest.
Eddie
Bensel and Iva Duane, the two who
Publlabi : every Thursday at Hermiston, U m atilla County, Oregon, by J. won. w ill go to U m atilla to speak in
the district tryouts.
If . Biggs, Editor and Manager.
Entered as Second Clans M atter December, 190«, at the poetofflce at Her-
Laura Arnold kas enrolled In the
m Iston, Um atilla County, Oregon.
sixth grade.
Subscription Rates
So* Tear ....
dix Months
PRACTICAL IMPROVEMENTS
j June Dahlman is absent on account
82-00 of the mumps.
»1.00
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Alice Clark has enrolled in
the
^seventh grade.
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A sightly town is a good place to live in and an asset em ' X
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to itself and the sui rounding coimmunity. Prosperity and Richards. Beverley Bieiman and syi-
cleanliness, poverty and tilth are not unusual combina- V,B Gutter have received their im-
tions although Hermiston is not to be classed with either p*10¥ement certificates in penman-
extremity. It does have, however, the physical possi- 8^ p' ThOBe rece,vlng the progress
bilities for the development of a neat, attractive "little
town, a community that will impress its visitors with its w iiso n , Bruc© Foiiett and Jack
potentialities.
Reeves, H a rry H ia tt, and Fredrick
Do the people of Hermiston realize their commuunity Hen8il recei*ed th eir merit pins. Dale
has three church buildings that would be a credit to a
8B<‘ Ol,ver Knerr received
place of much larger population? Do they know that
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Hermiston is the smallest town in the state having a Car- The high school tryouts for the de-
negie library ’ Do they appreciate the impression tree- c!am at*on contest wiw held Tues-
lined streets flanked on either side by neat residences and day evenlng T h e following placed
green S lawns,
a ' business
b
t and
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n : " u r : s section
. : ' i o , clean
? V i , and
JUSI prosperous ,"r8t „ their re8pectlve divisions:
would not otherwise go to waste. We
sell the best goslings as breeders for
83 each mid the common ones at
market price for Thankagtving and
Christmas.
They weigh 15 to 20
pounds fnrh. By dressing them we
get better than 81 each out of the
feathers to pn.v for the work.
Our ducks are utmost as profitable
as the geese and If It were not for
the fact that the eggs do not hatch
in an ordinary Incuhntor, I doubt If
we would have a hen on the place.
They lay splendidly and we hatch
|from April until August. The young
Inre full feutliered nt eight weeks for
the broiler chicken market and we
have no trouble selling them. We like
them mighty well fried, foo, and use
a lot of them nt home. The old ducks
weigh G to 9 poumls and the young
<ines at eight weeks old ns high ns
4 pounds. We never could get that
weight with chickens.
I don't think the average family ap
predates the ease with which the
water fowls are raised. Ducklings or
goslings Increase In weight about,
three times ns rapidly as chickens
It makes the need of brooding much
shorter and gets some size on them
so they will be out of «Jnnger from
rats or from being tramped on long
before chickens have reached that
stage.
“ •" vaneii.s oi mis breed: Whip
Chinese and Brown Chinese. This
breed Is rather small, the ganders
weighing ten to twelve pounds. Theli
popularity Is largely due to the fuel
that they me the most prolific breed
of geese. I nder good management
they may he expected to produce GO
to 100 eggs In a laying season. Like
other geese. I heir main feed Is grass.
Dub Male Fowls
Some breeders dub their male birds
like game cocks to avoid freezing of
the comb and wattles. The prattiee
appears cruel bat probably produces
much less goffering than a badly froz­
en comb which takes weeks to heal.
Usaally It Is only possible to duh
birds for the home flock ns It Injures
their appearance and other breeders
will not like to buy them. With warm
er pouliry houses, many male birds
•ire going ft ronglt the winter without
a frosted point.
Read the Home Paper and Prosper
I t required seven years and two
months to produce the
m illionth
Model T Ford motor. The m illionth
Model A Ford motor was produced
in sligh tly over fifteen months.
Marketing Eggs Direct
through the and lands on either side of town?
orous.
Various organizations have become actively interest­
Is Profitable Plan
Many ponltrymen who are wanting
post-
ed in improving the grounds of the library, and a fairly Th Junior play has - been
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better market thr their poultry prod­ NOTICE OF HEARING UPON FINAL
large sum of money has been secured through the efforts
“ week due t0 the ilIness of a ucts
would find better profits In a di­
REPORT
of these groups to provide for improvements and their1 ‘
n8OD a" d M o m s Pierson, rect to the consumer trade, according
n the County {hurt of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
'n S i n i o 1106; - T^-C hurches are to have lawns a n d W a lth e r O tt has received his Un- to W. A. Sumner, University of Wis­
who points out that n classi­
pa(rkings put in this spring and the net result is going derwood certiflcaate for a rate of 38 consin,
fied ad In city papers often will bring In the a lte r of the Estate
to be worth all the time, money and trouble spent on the word8 per minute for 15 minutes w ith more customers than a farmer can
of
supply.
Ida Belle Parrish, Deceased.
enterprise. Of course, a large share of the responsibility'3 e,r01''
He points out the necessity of the
Notice is hereby given that the
for keeping up the appearance of the town rests with the
farmer poultry producer being In po
lundersigned adm inistrator of the es­
individual property owner and householder.
sltlon to take care of orders in prompt tate of Ida Belle Parrish, deceased,
and efflcleut manner aud to be able to
Casual observation discloses the fact that Hermiston'
uas filed his final report w ith the
supply a good reliable product, which
has an inordinate number of small, unsightly shacks lin­
In the ense of eggs would mean Clerk of the above entitled Court and
’hat the Judge c f said Court has de
ing the alleys. Some of these are so old and weather­
fresh, large-sized and clean eggs.
tignated Saturday, the 13th day of
This direct to the consumer bus!
beaten they can scarcely stand up against a stiff west
April, 1929 at 2 o’clock in the after
«less
depends
upon
repent
orders
and
wind. A few are fuel sheds, but the majority are used
ponltrymen must keep up the quality noon as the time, and the rooms of
for nothing : L
.her than storehouses for dirt and rubbish, GEESE AND DUCKS
of their shipments so that customers the above entitled Court
In
the
will not look elsewhere for eggs or County Court House at Pendleton,
or possibly as keepsakes sine©, it is a certainty their
ARE PREFERRED poultry. A satisfied custemer Is the
U m atilla County. Oregon, as the place
utilitarian value has become practically nil. If this is the
best advertisement that the producer
when and where hearing |g to be
case, it is humbly suggested that the owners select keep­
can have.
had thereon. A ll persons interested
it pnys fo hnve neat cartons and
sakes hereafter that can be kept in the old plush album» Fowls Require Little Feed
ire hereby n o tifi id to then and there
crates for marketing eggs and some
and Not Much Care.
a U j leaving the land scape free of such incumberences.
appear and show cause, I f any they
times a producer can develop a trade
And aside from the esthetic point of view, there remains We almost swear by our geese and mark name tluit will help bring more have, why said .eport should not be
ipproved,
the adm inistrator dis
the fact that these shacks form most excellent firetraps. we cun make ench old goose bring In orders and customers.
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harged and the estate closed.
It would take but a little time and work of a few mod­ $100 a season. I t ’s not easy to make \ 5
Dated this 14 th day of March
Health Insurance
erately strong-armed fellows to tear the buildings down sows return h greater profit when
1929.
present feed costs ara-computed. Our
A low cldck mortality of 9.3 per
and remove permanently some real c-yesores in Hermis­ old pairs, and we never attempt to cent
was reported by Pennsylvania
R /Y M C N D E. P A R R ISH ,
ton.
raise from young geese, are good for ponltrymen who raised tlielr chicks
'-5tc
Administrator,
Next Wednesday, March 27, is annual clean-up day! four dozen eggs In a season and will In complete confinement last year
raise 30 goslings each to maturity,
writes J. L. 1 liljllps, Whitman county,
Washington. In Capfipr’g Farmer. Each
goose lays three times and we let
her sit on her Inst laying of eggs.
There Is little cost to raising geese
on a general farm and tbn$. Is the
pince for profits on almost any sort
of live stock. Our goslings grow up
on grass until after harvest. Then
they fatten themselves on waste
grain In the wheat and onts fields
r.nd on corn nfld beans scattered
where the hogs hnivest those crops.
They get practically nothing that
DESERT UP TO DATE
These reports were obtained for a
total of 12,300 chicks brooded under
the “closed door” plan outlined by
the poultry extension department ol
the Pennsylvania State college.
A
low cldck mortality and freedom from
intestinal parasites are two advnn
tages of the plan outlined by the spe
clallsta.
According to the records of the dog license receipts in
the city recorder’s office, Hermiston’s canine population
numbers just twenty-eight, but after listening to a few
nocturnal serenades, one is tempted to believe that old
saw about there being three kinds of liars: liars, d------
liars, and statistics.
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Announcement
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The Domestic Dry
It’s about the time of year for mother to go on another !
one of those semi-annual housecleaning sprees.
Cleaning Co.
The sweetest words to the ears of a dyed-in-the-wool !
baseball fan are those rolling off the tongue of an umpire, !
Play Bawl.”
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Is open for busines» at their new home at 810 Thompson Street.
We are ready to serve yon with the most modern equipment in all
departments of Dry Cleaning.
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S C H O O L
N O T E S
| The following people represented
4 , the fourth grade in the declamataory
❖ contest: Irene Kennings, dram atic;
Roberta Mullins, patriotic;
George
Newell, humorous.
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A meeting of the girls waa'called
Monday afternoon to discuss baseliall j Bertie L ittle —
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been absent front
possibilities.
They Intend to start i ,ch °ol due to a sprained ankle.
practicing baseball the first of n ext!
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T ' ek'
;
The eighth grade won the gaine“of
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basketball at U m atilla March 15 w it h 1
Alice Me toberts of the fifth grade j a »core of « to 4. They are now prac-
won first place in the humorous dl- tlclng baseball and w ill play the first
vision In the declamation contest name w ith the seventh grads.
< harlotte Ralph won first In the I
<.«ai « t ic .
John Diggs won first In
Lee Dy»r placed first In th * humor­
the patriotic.
ous division In ths upper division of
the deriamatloon contesi.
Coldls Arnold has become *
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mem
bcr vt th© fourth <n:te,
j v Three eighth 5r.de pupils tried out
George D. Fell, Pendleton’» Pio­
neer Cleaner is at the helm, assuring you of the best technical
knowledge in the field.
A TRIAL WILL CONVINCE
Three Deliveries Each W eek
“A T YOUR BECK A N D CALL”
es «!«
WM. SH A A R »
and OUR DRIVER
W ILL GALT.
R EA D T H E W A N T ADS
SERVICE & PROMPTNESS
OUR MOTTO
BUTTERFAT TODAY 43c
Mutual Creamery Company
WM. VESTAL, AGENT
P R O M P T ,
S E R V IC E
When you bring your Ford car here-
we treat it is as if i t was our own
car. W hat we w ant to do is to he'p
you keep it in the best possible ru n ­
ning order at the least expense, Ask
about our Special Inspection Service
at $1.50. I t w ill save you money in
operation and up-keep. See is too
for o iling and greasing. W e 'll dd it
right.
R IELMAN M OTORS
AUTHORIZED LINCOLN, FORD, F0RDS0N DEALERS
WEBBER’S CLEANERS
THE
He has these harrows for sale and
w ill be glad to show you th eir good
features.
Blessing Hardware
FORD
interest in your car
Tooth Harrows
the regular farm equipment.
SEE YOUR JO HN D E E R E D EA LER
R E L IA B L E
We take a personal
Syracuse Spring
One of the favorite questions of the eastern tourists
stopping in our town is to enquire about the need for
carrying water and oil with them over the “desert” that
is supposed to be traversed between here and Portland.
They are usually chagrined on being told that they
Chinese Rank Third
have passed through about half of it. Their failure to re­
The breed which probably ranks
cognize our little Sahara is probably due to too many ser­
third In number In the United States
as s whole Is the Chinese. There are
vice stations de luxe cluttering up the landscape, and the
inevitable flivver chugging along neat stretches of high­
way instead of the proverbial burros which any self- re­
specting desert should provide.
Mullins’ Confectionery and Barber
However, if these tourists really are seeking the desert
they mighht be rewarded fo rtheir efforts by parking
Shop
Lizzie along the roadway somewhere between stretches
People o f ancient tim e dragged
of irrigated lands, stroll out through the sagebrush, pre­
PAUL HOWE, BARBER
V
heavy
branches over the fields to pul­
ferably out of sight of a billboard, sit down on a cactus,
WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN S HAIRCUTTING A SPECIALTY
verize
the soil and retain the mois­
and try to make friends with the jackrabbits. And to fur­
ture.
ther enhance the illusion, it might be well to wear some
WE ARE HERE TO STAY
GIVE US A TRIAL
ear muffs to shut out the noise of the flivvers and Rolls
There h03 been a great advan?.-'
Royces whizzing along in the background, an incongru­
however, in both the m etho ’ s and
ity which offers an insurmountable ods stacle
‘ ’ even to a p e r - £■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■» Implements used and increased crops
have been the result.
son with an acute imagination.
At least the sagebrush, the cactus and the jackrabbits
The Spracuse Spring Tooth H a r­
are guaranteed to be the real thing.
row should be an Im portant part of
s
Chasing Woadckaeka
Draw oq All Source«
The wise farmers, when bothered hj
for National Music
woodchucks, resort to one of three
National music . . . has to be
methods in thinning them out. They
discovered and clad Io beuutirul forms,
Insert either calcium cyanide or car-
bon disulphide In the chuck's burrow I Just as popular myths and legends are
brought to light and crystallized Into
and seal It over. The fumes In a
Immortal verses by great poets. All
short time will penetrate every part ol
that Is required Is a good eur, a good
the burrow and Mr. Woodchuck i|
gassed to death. Another method It j memory, and a faculty for molding
fragments of past generations into a
that of attaching a hose to the ex­
harmonic whole. A few days ago f
haust of a tractor engine or automo­
bile and Inserting down Into the bur­ • read that Brahms, according to his
row, sealing the entrance and racing .own wonts, took folk-tunes as motives
for his new collection of songs and
the engine. Carbon monoxide doe«
arranged them for piano. Liszt In his
the rest. Hunting chucks with fire­
rhapsodies did the same, and Schu-
arms Is a long drawn nut Job and hoi
imnn In Yds "Two Grenadiers” used the
never heea sotlefaet-ry.
Marseillaise. The Irishman Bulfe used
a Hussite choir lu his “Bohemian
N a rro w Escape
Girl,” although nobody knows where
he got it from. Thus aoonor or later
A small child who much disliked
milk pudding had been made to finish •popular music attracts the attention
It before leaving the table. When she of and finds Its way into the works
of great composers. . . .
I know
had at last eaten it she asked If she
that the question whether Inspiration
might get. down.
drawn from some stray melody or
“ Yes, when you have said grace,”
folk song la sufficient to lend higher
said her mother.
musical works a national character
‘But I ’ve nothing to be thankful
has not yet been solved. Neither Is
for,” answered the child sulkily.
It certain whether national music as
“Very well then,” said the mother,
such deserves priority. I for myself
“stay where you ore.”
believe firmly thnt that music which
This was too much for the child, so,
Is the most characteristic of a nation
putting her two small hands together,
deserves the greatest recognition.—
she said. In a loud, clear voice,
Dvorak tn a Letter Written From
“Thank God I wasn't sick. Now may
I get down?”
D A LLES,
OREGON
WE CALL FOR AND DELIVER
March 12 and March 26
M A IL
ORDERS
PROM PTLY
F IL L E D
WANTED
1 0 0 0 Chickens
HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID IN CASH
Heavy, 23c
Light, 19c
Broiters, 34c
SWIFT & CO.
F. B. BARKER, Agent
Phone 521