THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON
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Every once In a while some natura'
or economic disaster drives the one
crop farmer» of a district Into diver
Published every Thursday at Hermls- '»¡ficatlon, and the result is alway:
ton, Umatilla County, Oregon, by Lreater prosperity and stability, no.
Pauline M. Stoop and Alfred Qulrlng, ¡only for the farmer but for all th
Publishers
people of his district or state.
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December, 1906, Umatilla County.
Oregon.
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For the Son of man is come to
seek and to save that which was
lost.
St. Luke 19:10
Three Kinds of Farmers
No Dole
The effort In Congress to pauper
Ize vast numbers of Americans bj
voting monoy from the public fundi
as a free gift seems to have failed
The time-tried American method o
relieving economic distress by pri
vate charity is working out.
Th<
Red Cross has the drought-relief sit
uatlon well in hand and the peopli
of the United States have responder
in full to its appeal for funds.
Such money as has been approprl
a ted from the public treasury to
the relief of the farmers who ar>
compelled to make a fresh start li
life because of the drought will b.
made available to them on term;
which will not sacrifice their self
respect nor render them objects o
Government charity.
There are t
lew In every community who wouh
rather get something without work
ing for it than to do an honest day'i
work, and they are usually the oner
who are most vociferous in their de
mands for help. But the time hat
not yet come when any considerable
portion of Americans are ready ti
confess that they cannot suppor.
themselves, and are willing to live
in idleness at the expense of thcii
fellow-citizens.
Farm Board results in cutting down '
agricultural acreage in all of the sta
ple crops, the Board will i^ave Jus
tified its existence and Its cost if It'
accomplishes nothing else. And with
acreage reduced and a tariff high
enough to keep foreign foodstuffs
out ot the country, the farmer's pro
blem will be solved.
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Principal Events of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Our Readers.
THE MARKETS
MINNEHAHA NEWS NOTES
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OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERÄL INTEREST
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Many of the Hermiston men havej
been fishing for steelheads near the
Jam, M. T. Malott caught two large
steelheads Friday.
Donald Jackson returned from Cor
vallis Sunday where he attended the
Oregon State Educational Exposition, i
He was sent by the high school as
a representative.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Strietel have
returned home after a short visit at
the W. H. Starr home.
W. G. Rodda and Bill were in Pen
dleton on business Friday.
R. H. Thom left Monday for a two
weeks vacation in California.
Mrs. M. T. Matott and daughters
and Mrs. J. V. Allen were Pendleton
visitors Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Pennock spent
Wednesday in Penleton.
Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Root and son
Vernon were Sunday visitors at the
M. E. Root home. They are residents
of Boardman.
Wheat — Big Bend bluestem, *8c;
soft white, western white. 66c; hard
winter, northern spring, western red.
63c.
Hay—Buying price, f. o b Portland:
Alfalfa. *17.50@18; valley timothy.
*17.50; eastern Oregon timothy. *19®
»20; clover, H ; oat hay. »14; oats and
vetch, «13.50014.
Butterfat—19® 22c.
Eggs—Ranch, 12® 20c.
Cattle—Steers, good, *8.50@9.10.
Hogs—Good to choice, J9.OO®9.25.
Lambs—Good to choice, J6.75@7.25
Seattle
Wheat—8oft white, western white,
66c; northern spring, hard winter,
western red, 64c; bluestem, 67c.
Eggs—Ranch, 9® 18c.
Butterfat—24c.
Cattle—Choice steers, *7.7508.50.
Hogs—Good to choice, *9® 9.25.
Lambs—Choice, *6.50®7.
Spokane
Cattle—Steers, good, *7.50 0 8.25.
Hogs—Good to choice, *8.65.
Lambs—Medium to good.*5®6.
(From Autocaster Service)
One of the drawbacks to any dis
cussion of the farmer and his prob
lems is the uncertainty as to what
sort of farming is under discussion.
There are three different types of
farmer, and in almost every part of
the United States all three are to be
found side by side.
The most widely-dlstrltrtited type
is what may be called the “non-com
mercial" farmer, the great group
with whom farming is not so much
a business as a mode of living. This
type raises no considerable amount
of any one “money crop," but grows
on his own land the means of subsis
tence for his family and, counting
out the eggs, butter or other market
The Swenson sawmill south of Ven
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<• eta started operations after a shut
able produce traded in town for store
No Ground For Fear
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COLUMBIA NEWS NOTES
* down of several weeks.
goods, handles very little cash In the
It Is useless to deny that the pre ♦
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course of a year.
Earl Weaver, Sams valley rancher,
sent state of mind of many American! t « 4 « « « <> <• « < . « « « ❖ «
The group of farmers who are
is fear of what the future may bring
Mr. and Mrs. It. L. Addleman re-1 reports a vein of coal discovered on
specialists, “onc-crop" farmers. Is
Fear seems to be prevalent in al cetved a telegram Monday which bore j his property. He was digging a well,
probably the largest numerically and
public thinking on economics today the sad news of the death of their
Motor vehicle registration fees for
in acrcago under fence. They are
People are afraid that things are no soh-ln-law, Axel Fisher, of Tacoma, the first six months of the present
business men, in the broad sense, pro
going to "come back,"that someho' Washington. Mrs. Addleman. Mrs. I fiscal year to January 1 totaled *6,-
ducing nothing but u single commo
we have lost our stride as a natio. Lela Montgomery and Mr. and Mrs. ; 192,386.58.
dity which they sell or hope to sell
and are not going to be able to gel Herbert Hall left by auto Monday , RopOrts that platinum, gold and sil-
for money, and growing nothing, or
going again at the old pace. Then evenlng for Tacoma, to he with Mrs. ver are being taken from Gales creek
almost nothing, which they them
is more money now in savings bankt Fisher.
at Forest Grove's back door has the
selves consume. The single crop may
than ever before In history. Mucl
Mrs. S. Saunders and son of W alla. town agog
be cotton, tobacco, wheat, corn, oran
of it has been put there In the P;if> t'\v a||a spent Saturday and Sunday
The Roosevelt highway south of Sea
ges, apples, celery or potatoes, de
year because people were afraid to with the Savage family,
side was blocked recently for 300 feet
pending upon location. Dependent
spend It. Merchants have been a-
Mr
and
Mrg.
y/m
.
Miksle
Mr.
Mrs. Wm.
upon their money returns from the
wer® ( by a landslide. It took about ten days
fraid to replenish their stocks, for Sunday
s ,lnday guests at the Chas Lynch
,
single rash crop for everything which
i to remove the debris.
fear prices would go down still far home.
they e it and wear, these are the first
Enrollment at the University of
ther. Individuals have been afraid
Mr. and Mrs. Lomlc Hall of W alla,
to feel ¿he effect nt a general busi
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that conditions were going to get Walla visited the home folks Sun-1 O re*« reached “
ness depression and are constantly at
3266 for the winter term, an increase
continually worse.
day.
the merry of competition and over
Arthur Martin, accompanied by hir i of 73 over last year.
There is nothing In our history to
production in their staple crops. This
sister
Leah and Lois Moore, motored i Mrs. Esther Silver was Injured fa-
Is the type of farmer at whose relief warrant such fears. The only way
to Walla Walla Friday and returned tally when she was thrown from a log
to
judge
the
future
is
by
the
past.
most of the political remedies for
on the beach near Devils lake recent-
All of our past history reveals a suc Sunday afternoon.
agricultural ills are aimed.
Mr. and Mrs. II. Edwnrds and son ly. The log rolled on her.
cession of forward steps, never p
The happiest farmers are the third
backward one. The pace has slack E. 0 Edwards and granddaughter j Stockholder* pf the St. Helens Co-
class, those whose farming operations
enod at times, as it has slackened in Erma Potter were dinner guests at operative Creamery association have
coinbin.? those of the other two.
tho pust eighteen months, but the I the J. E. Kallyburton home Sunday, voted to join the Lower Columbia Val
They livo off the soil and can con
movement has always been forward. I • Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Harris, W. II. ley Co-operative Dairy association.
tribute to live independently and com There is not a single reason for . the ! Moore, Ina Moore and Eulene McBee
A determined effort is being made
fortably yenr in and year out, except
bellef thut our economic progress ha if Walla Walla, spent Monday with by the Bend police department to en
for natural catastrophes such as
stopped or that we are going back W. E. Moore and family. They motor force the ordinance against throwing
floods or drought. They grow enough
ward. On the contrary, all tho sign: ed to Portland Tuesday,
paper and other refuse upon public or
of one or more cash crops to figure
point In the other direction. Then
Jaunlta Wella visited Sunday eve- private property.
as important factors In the produce
la no ground for fear.
n * g with Erma Potter.
Motor vehicle fatalities In Oregon
markets, but failure in any one year
J, E. Halleyburton attended an in 1930 aggregated 280, as against
to cash in on such crops or livestock
American Legion meeting In Heppner 239 in 1929. Figures were released
Farm Belief
does not reduce them to penury or
Saturday.
at Salem recently by Hal E. Hoss,
plunge them Into debt.
There la talk In Congress of at
Mrs. Herman Hurst spent Tuesday secretary of state.
For forty years and more the Uni ncroase ot 50 per cent In the tarlf forenoon visiting school.
ted States end the various State de in all agricultural products. Tha
John H. Maxwell, farmer ot the
Marlon Ott Is absent from school
partments of agriculture, ss well as world go a long way toward helptnr
Ross
Lane district near Medford, has
on account of illness.
the agricultural colleges have been the farmers who have something ti
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Luttrell visited a freak at his stock ranch—a S-month-
preaching the gospel of diversified «11 this yoar. The whole world 1 Saturday at the Chas Lynch home.
, old calf with mule hoofs. The calf
farming In the one-crop regions. n the sain estate of agriculture
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Mrs. Chas Lynch, who has been ill is otherwise normal.
ivcrproductlon ns wc are, and every
The Portland office of the United
for several days Is able to be about
iody Is trying to dump surplus grain
States biological survey has received
again.
otton, potatoes, fruits, wool, suga:
There will be a basket social in a shipment of 100 pounds of strych
>nd other agricultural commodltiei
connection with the local declama nine to be used in the war against
in us.
tory contest Monday evening, Febru rodents and predatory animals.
If wc are to have a tariff wall, bj
Albert Hoffman, 16, of Central
ary 23. Everyone welcome.
all means make one as high for thi
Point
died from wounds received
Miss Glea Slas spent the week-end
farmer as for the manufacturer. In
whon a war souvenir exploded. The
with
her
parents
in
Athena.
dustry has had more than its shart
boy had picked up what he thought
Mrs. R. H. Stockard was called to was a piece of metal and hammered
if protection In the past; It is thi
Bend, Oregon, last week to assist in
armor's turn now.
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Another encouraging sign of bet the eare of Mrs. Paul Stockard, who
In the Interest of economy the coun
ter times ahead for the farmer Is th« Is quite ill. /
cil ot Cottage Grove has reduced sal
agreement whlrh wheat growers ii
Mrs. Jackson Ilarr who has been aries of city employes. The cuts range
'ho Texas wheat belt, another grou confined to her homo by an attack from 35 to 10 per cent. The night
in Couth Dakota, still another grmr jf flu is able to be about again.
police officer was the only one not
in the Pacific Northwest, are makn
reduced.
Chicago police stopped a suspici
themselves, to reduce their when
Experiments will be conducted by
acreage by 40 per cent. It Is encour ous looking automobile, but discover Dr. Miller of the United States de
aging because It is the first, as fa> ed that what they thought was a wo partment of agriculture at the Bentley
:s we can recall, that any consider man being abducted was only a de walnut grove, near Dundee. In an ef
able body of growers haa started la partment store window dummy.
fort to combat the bacterial bllgbt-
telllgent self-help on sound economic
Don't put off your Shoe Repair
Parley Young of Concord, N. H., I ing of nuts.
principles. The cry of the farmer hat *as uninjured after a speeding train,
A. C. Barnes ot Prineville recently
— Shoes Dyed All Cold
been so much that of wanting some had clipped off the radiator, hood, had trouble with his radio receiving
body else to step In and help him. The motor, front wheels and headlights I set. Examination disclosed that a
only p.ople who ran give the farmei of his car.
mouse had found Its way into the
any permanent help are the farmers
Mrs. Sterling Neal of Columbus. working parts of the set, and hod
themselves. If the educational cam O., slashed all the tires of her hus
been elecrocuted.
paign against overproduction Initia band’s automobile because he had
Efforts to secure a new power life
ted a year and a half ago by the pawned her shot gun.
boat for the local coast guard star
tion are to be continued by the Ban
don chamber of commerce despite a
discouraging response from Admiral
Btllard, chief of the service.
Y our Old Shoes
Made N ew
BOWMAN
SHOESHOP
Captain Malcolm Campbell «»( England tuccessfuffv smashed all work!*» records for speed Qil the ground in
this strange-lookm, cor. which made ¿45 m.le, an |,ulK .t La/tvoa Bunch, Hvr.da
The board of directors of the Med
ford Irrigation district has decided to
merge It, management with that of tbe
Talent district, in the interest of econ
omy. Olen Arnaptger will be general
manager of the two districts.
A record ot 17* pounds of butter-
fat In 74 days Is tbe unusual record
set by a Josephine county Gu?rnsey
cow owned by J. C. Calhoun of Grants
Pass. The average annual amount of
butterfat produced in Oregon ie 173
pounds. It has heed announced by state
dairy Inspector«,
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1», 1931
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OREGON
RANGE
& LIVESTOCK
Heavy taxpayers of Yamhill county
are forming a branch of the Taxpay REPORT FOB FEBRURARY FIRST
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Gets New Home
ers' Equalisation League of Oregon to
obtain a more equitable equalization
Oregon livestock is in very good
of the tax on real property, now bear condition following favorable wea
ing 80 per cent ot tbe tax burden.
ther conditions during Januury, ac-1
Albany’s rainfall daring 1930 was al cording to tbe monthly livestock and ,
most a third less than the average range report of the United States D i-!
during the last 15 years, F. M. French, vision of crop and livestock estimates.
local United States weather observer, There has been little snow and very '
said. Tbe 1930 total was 26.66 Inches. mild weather. Feeding hks been li- '
mited. The lack of snow has resul- j
The 15-year average is 39.18 inches.
How to meet the crisis of the pres ted In a shortage of stock water and
ent panicky condition of the dairy moisture is needed for spring grass
products market occupied the chief as all ranges are very dry. Cattle
place of attention at the 35th annual and sheep have wintered well with j
meeting of the Oregon Dairymen’s as light losses.
sociatlon held at Redmond recently.
Oregon sheep are in fair to excel
This Norwegia i Elk Hound pup,
Retail business in Portland in ex lent flesh. The weather Is ideal for who hasn't a name yet, is the gift of
cess of »211,000,000 is shown by the lambing. The condition of Oregon admirers to President Hoover. He will
bureau of the census in the release cattle shows considerable increase | take the place of King Tut, the Presi
dent's Belgian shepherd dog who died
of the returns from the 1930 distribu
recently.
over
last
month.
tion census now being compiled. The
1930 population of Portland is 301,890.
Edward Clow, 17, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Clow of Uniondale, was
in the McMinnville hospital recently
with a fractured skull. The youth
ran behind a barn while a blast in a
stump was exploded. A piece of the
stump was thrown over the barn, strik
ing him on the head.
Engineers appointed by the public
service commission to study traffic
conditions on the Pacific highway at
the northern entrance of Albany have
recommended an underground crossing
that will serve both the Pacific and
Hermiston, Oregon—Phone 100
the Santiam highway by eliminating
existing grade crossings.
Marion ccunty with an infant mor
tality of only 35.3 per 1000 during
1929, is one of the most favored re
gions in the entire nation in this
respect, according to Dr. Vernon A.
Douglas, county health officer. Births
in the county during the year totaled
933, compared to 810 in 1929.
The Oregon Packing company of
Salem notified growers that no con
tracts for pumpkin acreage will be
taken for next year. The company
generally took contracts for 3500 to
4000 tons of pumpkins at this time of
the year. No pack will be made next
year, however, directors said.
Oregon dairymen must develop and
maintain an aggressive spirit if they
are to curb the increased use of oleo-
margerine and other dairy substitutes
and a corresponding decrease in the
use of butter and dairy products, J. D.
Mickle, state dairy and food commis
sioner, declared recently at Eugene.
The finest hot cress buns ever. . Made in onr kitchens, ?nd
The national forest service and Lane J
with a flavor you’ve seldom tasted. Let us take care of your
county will co-operate in building a
advance order. Phone us today.
road over the summit, between the
headwaters of Indian creek and those
of Ten Mile creek in the northwestern
part of the county, it was announced.
The county will obtain the right of
way and the forest service will grade
the road.
All timber lands are to be assessed
for fire protection, regardless of resi
dent exemption, unless the specific
areas to be exempted are designated
Prices Very Favorable to the Producers
and are patrolled by the owners, ac
cording to a legal opinion handed down
by the attorney-general at Salem re
cently. The opinion was requested by
VEAL AND HOGS ALSO WANTED AT ANY TIME
the state forestry department.
The construction of a telephone line
into the Chetco river district has been
announced by officials of the Siskiyou
140 FRONT STREET
PORTIAND, OREGON
national forest. Action taken by the
forestry department in allowing resi
dents of the district access to the gov
ernment lines is a part of a plan
which will afford better fire preven
tion during the summer months.
Milling facilities for the new *10,-
TH E D A L L E S, OREGON
000 addition to the Farm Bureau Co
operative warehouse at Hermiston
WE CALL FOR AND DELIVER
have been purchased, and will be in
stalled within the next few days. When
completed and ready for operation the
Call and Leave Articles at Hitt’s Confectionery.
warehouse will be one of the best of
M AIL O R D E R S PR O M PT L Y F I L L E D
its capacity in the northwest, with the
best milling equipment available.
Curry county’s tax levy for this year
will be 23 mills, one-tenth of a mill
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lower than for the past year and the
lowest tax for many years. The coun
ty commissioners feel highly pleased
that they have been able to keep down
the tax levy when there Is such great
demand for public expenditures. Cur
ry's levy is probably the lowest of any
county in the state.
The temperature of the water in
the well being drilled at Lakeview to
obtain hot water with which to heat the
entire city jumped to 200 degrees
when the bit reached a depth of 562 (
feet. One hotel, a hospital and three
Dauntless Courage Was One of
homes now are being heated by a well '
that was drilled several years ago.
Washington’s Qualities
If the present well will provide 1060
As a General, he feared no danger.
As a President, he
gallons a mlnnte at 200 degrees, that
acted according to tthe dictates of his conscience regardless
will be a sufficient amount to heat the
of approval or disapproval. As a man, he courageously faced
city of 200 Inhabitants.
life and all its difficulties.
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Hot Lunches :: Quick Service
Sweets and Refreshing Drinks
SPORTING GOODS
HITT’S CONFECTIONER ¥
HERE TH EY ARE!
H E R M IS T O N B A K E R Y
FANCY CAPONS WANTED
—: Ship at Once
VIC & PHIL PRODUCE CO.
W E B B E R ’S C L E A N E R S
Feb. 24-25
Residents ot the upper Chetco river. '
in southern Curry county, where there
are large areas of fertile bottom land
and thousands of acres of grating, are i
asking the county for an extension of
the highway to a point ten miles
farther up the river.
Representatives of the Rogue River
▼alley fruit Industry will name a com
mittee composed of three members of
the traffic association and three mem
bers of the Fruitgrowers' league to
study the advisability of merging the
league and traffic assoclatiou.
Today few of us have our courage tried as Washington
had his tried at Valley Forge. Modern life however is best
lived by those who have courage enough to forego some of
the fleeting pleasures of the present for the sake of future
benefit. When you put aside a regular amount out of your
income weekly, you are Justifying Washington's faith in the
country that salutes him as its Father.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of Hermiston
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits Over *50.000.
F. B. Swayxe. Pres. - R. Alexander. Vice-Pres. - A. H. Norton. Cashier
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