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PAOS r a i n T f Special Sale WANT ADS By m vnr S.COBB A L L N E W STOCK The Truth About the Forty-Niner« Top Covering To fit 1925 to 1927 Model T touring cars. tor sali Regular, 35.00 value, NOW $2.00 These top decks make excellent tar- 5-YEA R OLD R E G IS TE R E D PRO- polines or ground cloths for your sire (or sale reasonable. Also camping trip or picnic. young brood sow, w ill (arrow 1st ot March. J. Jendrzejewskl. 17-3tp. Genuine Ford Tubular FOR SALE— 27 ACRES IR R IG A T E D land, In a l(a l(a . Cows, horses, pigs, machinery, (eed. Bargain for mme one direct from owner. For ils '.rile or see L. W . Hortsch. .ruuston, Route 2, Oregon 6-6tp FRESH COWS FOR SALE— W . A. Mlkesell, Cold Springs Dam. 53-tf RADIATORS Regular 318-00 value. $11.00 ..W hy worry w ith a leaky radiator? SPINDLE BODIES To fit all Model T ’s. Regular 32.20 value for 75c A ll bushed and ready to Install. cure for eratlc steering. A FOR SALE— Hardware, Stoves, f u r Front Fenders, $1.00 niture and Mattresses. Hermiston Second Hand Store. 10-tfc An odd lot of roadster and touring Bargains. On the West — Adv. MISCELLANEOUS FOR R E N T — 5 -R 0 0 M MODERN house, (urnlshed. H. E. Hanby. Phone 25M. tfc. Car Top Side Curtains at Just *4 of their regular price. No need to shiver when you can get side curtains at a fraction of the original cost. M A N Y O TH ER L IK E BARGAINS AT FOUND— M ESH PURSE CO NTAIN- lng two hankerchiets. Inquire at Herald olflce and pay for this ad. SM ALL HOUSE FOR R E N T. ern. Inquire Herald office. i MOD- 9-tfc Go to B u rk’s for Bargains— Now -A d v . Notice of Hearing Upon Final Report. IN TITE CO UN TY COURT OF T H E STATE OF OREGON, FOR U M A T IL LA CO UNTY. In the m atter of I» the Estate of John W . M cElroy, Deceased. N O T IC E IS H E R E B Y G IV E N that the undersigned administrator of the estate of John W . McElroy, de ceased, has filed his final report w ith the Clerk of the above entitled Court and th at the Judge of said Court has designated Saturday, the second day of January, 1932, at the hour of 2 o’clock in the afternoon as the time, and the rooms of the above entitled Court in the County Court House in Pendleton, Um atilla County, Oregon, as the place when and where hearing is to be had thereon. A ll persons interested are hereby notified to then and there appear and show cause, if any they have, why said report should not be approved, the adm inistrator dis charged, his bondsmen exhonorated and the estate closed. Dated this 3rd day of December, 1931. CH ARLES H . McBLROY, • Administrator. (Dec. 3-Dec. 31) Notice of Sale. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that under and by virtu e of an execution issued out of the C ircuit Court of the State of Oregon fo r U m atilla County to me directed and delivered upon a Judgment, decree and order of sale rendered in said Court on the l« t h day of November, 1931, in favor of W . J. W arn er and against the defendants, B. J, Pinck ney and J. Louise Pinckney, his w ife, O. V . Badley and F lora L . Bad- ley, his w ife, and Carry F u rry , for the sum of 11900.00, together w ith Interest on 92000.00 at the rate of 7 per cent per annum from the 20th day of A p ril, 1931, to the 1st day of August, 1931, together w ith in terest on 31900.00 at the rate of 7 per cent per annum from the 1st day of August, 1931, u n til paid, for the fu rth e r sum of 3200 as at torneys fees, and for p la in tiffs costs and disbursements taxed at 326.50, in a suit therein pending wherein the above named p la in tiff was plain t if f , and the above named defen dants were defendants, and said Judgement and decree and order of sale being also in favor ot the de fendant, Carry F u rry, and against the defendants. B. J. Pinckney and J. Louise Pinckney, his w ife, and O. V . Badley and Flora L. Badley, his w ife, for the sum of 31000.00, together w ith interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum from the 18th day of January, 1928, u n til paid, for the fu rth e r sum of 3 1 *0 • * attorneys fees, and for her coots and disbursements taxed a t 315-90; which said Judgment, decree and or der of sale has been duly docketed and enrolled in the office of the C lerk of said Court, and In and by said Judgment, decree and order of sale i t was directed th at the here in a fte r described real property in U m a tilla County. Oregon, together w ith the tenements "-redlm enta and appurtenances thereunto be longing or in anywise appertain ing, and also of the rig h t, title and interest of the said defendants, as »hove n*aH. 1» *■« to »” ■* ROHRMAN MOTOR CO. YOUR AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER be sold by the Sheriff of U m atilla County, Oregon, to satisfy said ludgment and all costs. NOW, T H E R E F O R E , I w ill, on the 9th day of January, 1932, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said date at the front door of the Court House In Pendleton, U m atilla County, Ore gon, sell all of the right, title and interest which the said defendants, or either of them, had on the 2nd day of August, 1928, or since then have acquired, or now have in or to the following described pre mises situate In U m atilla County, Oregon, tow lt: The Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Q uarter of Section 11, Township 4 North, Range 28, E. W . M., excepting therefrom the following tracts: Beginning at the Southwest corner of the Northwest Quar ter of said Section 11, thence East 427.4 feet; thence North 30 feet; thence East on a line and parallel to and 30 feet distant from the South line of said N o rth west Quarter, 400 feet; thence North 263 feet; thence West on a line parallel to the South line of said Northwest Q uarter, a distance of 400 feet; thence North 237 feet; thence W est on a line parallel to the South line of said Northwest Quarter, 427.4 feet to a point on the W est line of s a id Northwest Q uarter; thence South 530 feet to the point ot beginning. Beginning at a point where the N orth line of Ridgeway Street In the town of Hermiston Intersects w ith the East line of the South west Q uarter of the Northwest Q uarter of said section, and ru n ning thence North along the East line of said Southwest Q uarter of the Northwest Quarter, a dis tance of 200 feet, thence at rig ht angles westerly a distance of 180 feet; thence at rig h t angles South a distance of 20o feet to the N orth line of said Ridgeway street; thence East a distance of 180 feet along the North line of Ridgeway Street to the place of beginning. The said lands to be sold a t pub lic auction to the highest bidder for cash* In hand, the proceeds of said sale to be applied in satisfac tion of said- execution and all costs. I w ill also on the seme day at the same time and at the same place sell all of the rig h t, title and interest which the defendants, B. J. Pinckney and J. Louise Pinckney, ,1s wife, and O. V. Badley and Flo- a L. Badley. his wife, or either if them, had in or to the follow- ng described real property on the 5th day of March. 1930, or since hen have acquired, to -w it: Southeast Q uarter of the N o rth west Q uarter of Section 11, Town ship 4 North Range 28, B. W. M. The said real property to be sold »t public auction to the highest ildder for cash In hand, the pro ceeds of said sale to he applied In latisfaction of said execution and all costs. D A T E D this 3rd day of December. 1831. TOM B. G U R D A N E, Sheriff of U m atilla County. Oregon By Graee Jackson Deputy. (Dee, I M M M W f e slderatum, having had their luhot for their pains. Yet this sally was not without soma practical -and beneficial results. The Man They L eft Behind. H isto ry told as I t w m M b e w ritte n today “The country was more perfectly ex plored. some rich diggings were found and, as usual, a few among the many were benefitted. A new field for en terprise wns opened and within a month roads were made and traversed M m I rf m an tto D o » X U» F « rtr-N to » A . « « * Ik* " n e - U t m m « by wagons, trading-posts were estab sSud w lished and a new mining country was w ith U m has)— a— opened which really proved In the main to be rich, and had It not been b that I t o s i w l a » i> i » « l t to a t o k ith heroica. for the gold-lake fever It might have I t o a v a ra t» F arty-N iaa« waa remained many montlia undiscovered B X a t o ta a w a daaawada H a waa ani a character fil ta So >*<• and unoccupied. . . . b • shy- C ia ir a to «y » H as, t o waa aa n to riy . bard -w erlria t. "From the mouth of Nelson's ereek X k b t t o . w to t o d haaa Hitad out X the ardiaarv m a X w d ia a m to Its source men were at work In digging. Sometimes the stream wua ■s X I t o L turned from Its bed aud the channel • a a . Aloaae D alaae t o a fra p h k but tru th picture X the l-u a t We worked; in other places wing dams X tha <X d -w aka ra Ir a n t h . M U .iw ip p i to tto P .c lfic I . a booh “ U f a aa the F l a b aad A m en t tto D isstas» " « h m l H», ta tto were thrown out and the bed partially worked; while In some the banks only • a tir a lr out X print aad oalp ru ra l, encountered were dug. Some of these, as la the a r I t o hack ibalvaa X r a n . Ubrarp, kaa luraiafcad th . mal ease everywhere In the mines, paid itfc aaa X tka c r a t e M aad mar well, some fulr wages, while many were failures. One evening while wait either grass or water and with a'har d-1 ing for my second supply of goods I HOSE who hove read Emerson er road before us. strolled by a deserted camp. I was Hough’s novel, -The Covered “ (August 17.) As I walked on slow attracted to the ruine of a shanty by Wagon,” may get a reminiscent ly end with jffort, I encountered a observing the effigy of a man standing thrill on reading the lines wllh which great many animals perishing for upright In an old torn shirt, a pair of Alonzo Delano begins his main nar want of food and water on the desert ragged pantaloons, and boots which rative. The principal distinction was plain. Some would be Just gasping for looked as If they had been clambering this: Hough dealt with the drat great breath, others unable to stnnd would over rocks since they were made— In stream of boraeseekers over the Ore Issue low moans as I come up. In a short, the Image represented a lean, gon trail, so that h. his chapters wom most distressing manner, showing In meager, worn-out nnd woe-begone en and broods of children played their tense agony; and still others, unable miner such ns might dally be seen at parts; bis pioneers, starting on a to walk, seemed to brace themselves almost every point In the upper mines. Journey two-t birds the breath of up on their legs to prevent railing, On the shirt was Inscribed In a good this continent, took with them their while here and there a poor ox or business hand, ’My claim failed—will families, their portable household horse, Just able to drag himself along, you pay the taxes? (An allusion to equipment, their most valued posses would stagger towards me with a low the tax on foreigners.) Appended to sions. sound as If begging for a drop of the figure wns a paper bearing the But Delano In bis Journal Is telling water. My sympathies were excited at following words: ns of a gold rush made up almost ex their sufferings, yet Instead of afford “ Tallfornlans — Oh, Californians, clusively of full-grown men. The do Ing them aid I was a subject for re look at me I Once fot and saucy as s mestic side was altogether lacking. lief myself. privateersman, but now—look ye—a His companions were sturdy adven miserable skeleton. In a word, I am a Horrors of the Plains. turers Inspired by the oldest lure next “High above the plain, In the direc used-up man.’ only to love of warfare that set the "Ludicrous ns It may appear. It was tion of our road, a black, bare moun feet of mankind on paths far and a truthful commentary on the efforts tain reared Its head at the distance of strange and perilous—the quest for fifteen miles; and ten miles this side of hundreds of poor fellows In the treasure. But the country through the plains were flat, composed of ‘golden land.’ This company had pene which the expeditions passed, the dnn- baked earth without a sign of vegetn trated the mountain snows with In gers and discomforts they encountered, tlon and In many plnces covered with finite labor In the early part of the the sufferings they- underwent—these Incrustations of salt Pits had been season, enduring hardships of no or largely were Identical In both cases. sunk in moist places, but the water dinary character—hnd patiently tolled Only the personnels and the goals was salt as brine and utterly use for weeks, living on.the coarsest fare; were different. had spe it time and money In building less. . . . For the emigrants there was the “ (August 20.) . . . T.irongh the a dam nnd digging a race through hope of new homesteads In the vast day there was a constant arrival of rocks to drain off the water; endured free fertile lands of the newly-opened wagons and by night there were sev wet android In the chilling atmosphere Northwest; for the argonauts the eral hundred men together; yet we of the country, and when the lust stone chance to dig for those precious grains learned by a mule train that i t least wns turned, at the very close of all of yellow ore on craggy California one hundred and fifty wagons had this labor, they did not find a single hillsides sterile of every valued pros turned back to the first spring west of | cent to reward them for their toll nnd pect gave the metal hidden In them. the Humboldt on learning the dangers privations, and wlint was still more Delano’s diary gives a graphic Idea of crossing the desert, taking wisely aggravating, a small wing dam on the of the departure from what then was the old road (the more southerly very clnlm below them yielded several the farther fringe of the civilized set rente) again. This change of route, thousand dollars. Having paid out tlements : however, did not continue long, and their money nnd lost their labor they "Our general rendevous (he says) the rear trains comprising a large por were compelled to abandon the clnlm was to be at St. Joseph, on the Mis tlon of the emigration took our route nnd search for other diggings where souri, from which we Intended to take and suffered even worse than we did. the result might be precisely the our departure. My wagon I shipped I t was resolved that several trains same." by water to S t Joseph and sent my The Threshold of Vice. should always travel within support cattle across the country about the Delano offers a realistic picture of ing dlstnnce of each other so that In middle of March (1849) to meet me at case of an attack from the Indians a the earlier months In the gold country the place of rendevous in April. Our sufficient body of men should go to when the majority of the workers desire to be upon the road Induced ua gether to protect themselves. Reports were Industrious and orderly, and then to be stirring early and we were mov again reached us corroborating the for contrast a picture of the time ing gs soon as onr cattle had eaten great loss of cattle on the desert be when the rascals, the professional hnd their All, when a drive of a mile placed yond the Sink. Thu road was filled men nnd the professional gamblers ua npon the great thoroughfare of tha with dead animals and the offensive gathered In force to start their nefarl gold seekers. effluvia had produced much sickness; ous and corrupting operations, with “For miles, to the extent of vision, but shortly sfterwnrds our own por the result that a condition sprang up an animated mass of beings broke lio n of the desert presented the same which grew stendlly worse until that upon our view. Long trains of wagons catastrophe and the rood was lined grim day of the vigilantes—earnest with tlielr white covert were moving with the dead bodies of wornout and honest men who framed their own slowly along, a multitude of horsemen starved animals, and theli debilitated primitive code of 'awe nnd themselves were prancing on the road, companies masters In many cases were left to enforced these laws, being by turns of men were traveling on foot, and al struggle on foot, combating hunger, criminal chasers. Jurors, Judges and though the scene was not a gorgeous thirst and fatigue In a desperate ex- sometimes executioners. one, yet the display of banners from After this fnshlon he sums np the ertlon to get through. . . . many wagons and the multitude of period of transition from the first ot “ (September 17.) Ascending to the armed men looked as If a mighty top of an Inclined plain, the long- these stagps to the second and dis army was on Its march; and In a few reptil able one: sought, the long-wlshed-for and wel moments we took our station In the “The population of Independence come vRiley of the Sacramento lay be line, a component part of the motley represented almost every stute In the fore me five or six miles distant." throng of gold-seekers who were leav Union, while France, England, Ire A Lake of Dross. ing home and friends far behind to land, Germany and even Bohemia hnd encounter the peril of mountain and Delano was one Of the more form their delegates. As soon as breakfast plain.” nate Forty-niners. He hnd crossed the was dispatched all hands were en The Price of Westward Travel. plains, weathered the desert, threaded gaged In digging and washing gold In through the Rockies and the empty the hanks or In ihe bed of the stream Within a month, though, this waste spaces on their Pacific stile, had When evening came, large fires were mighty caravan which ho descrtlied dodged the Indians and now. on the hnllt, nround which the miners con had disintegrated. What made It fall sunset slope of the Sierras he was gregiiteil. some engrossed with thoughts apart Into separate trickling units was within sight of the promised land of home nnd friends, some to talk of that certain hardier spirits, growing from which had filtered hnck to the new discoveries and richer diggings Imimtlent over the slow movement of East such fabulous stories of rich somewhere else; or sometimes a sub the unwieldy mass, broke sway with ness in every creek-bed and fortunes ject of debate waa started and the their trains, preferring to risk the to be made overnight by the lucky oi evening was whirled nwny In plensnnt danger of Indian attacks from which nnd often Instructive discussion, while the shrewd. the main body might have been free. He tells how disillusionment anil many for whom this kind of recrea In order to reach the diggings the defeat and despair awaited most of tion ha I not excitement enough, re sooner. The face of the earth was thorn who came as he had come. Here sorted to dealing monte on a small streaked with tolling strings of la tha story of a typical ease: scale, thus either exciting or keeping wagons, teams and foot-travelers, each "In May, 1860, a report reached the up a passion for play. of these lines marking lndc|H*nilent settlements that a wonderful lake had “Some weeks were passed In this and helter-skelter route of a little been discovered a hundred miles hack way under the clear blue sky of the group hurrying townrd the Sierras among the mountains toward rlie head , mountains, nnd many had made re- and the diggings. Thns It befell fhnt of the Middle Fork of Feather rh e r I st>eetable tilles. I highly enjoyed the Instead of chronicling the march of the shores of which abounded with ' wild scenery, snd quite ns well, the an army Delano, from this time on, gold, and to such an extent that It wild life we were leading, for there told of the ez|ierlences of the Individ lay like pebbles on the lieach. An ex , were many accomplished and Intelli ual outfit which he led. trsordlnary ferment among llie i>cople gent men; nnd a subject for amuse “ (August I I . ) There were a great ensued, and a grand rush was made ment or debate wns rarely wanting many men dally passing, who having from the towns. In search of this As for ceremony or dress. It gives us worn down their cattle in d mule* hud splendid El Dorado. Stores were left no trouble: we were nil alike . . abandoned their wagons and were try to take care of themselves, business Al lengtli a monte dealer arrived, with Ing to get through as they might; but their woebegone countenani-es ami - of all kinds wns dropped, mules wen- a respectable hank. “A «‘linage hull been gradually com suddenly bought up at rxortdtnni meager ncconlremjnts for such a Jour prices, and crowds started off to ing over ninny of our pcrqrle, and ney. with want and excessive labor for three or four days several Inda» search for the golden lab«. staring them In the face, excited onr “Days psssed sway, when al length trinas men hnd commenced drinking, pity, wretched aa we felt ourselves. adventurers began to return with ills nnd n fler the monte hank wns set up Our own cattle had been prinlently appointed looks and their wnm nut mid It seemed ns If Ihe long smothered driven end were ctlll In good condition dilapidated garments showed tliev had fire burst forth Into » fiarne. I.nbor. to perform the Jonmey. Although onr seen some service, and It proved that with few M repllirtis, -eemed sus|>end stock of provisions was getting low alt h.nigh several lakes hod leen ill» ed nml n greet ninny miners s|x-nt we felt that under any circumstances covered, the gold lake par excellence their time In riot nnd d‘-bniichciy we could get through, and notwith was not found. Tbs moun in I us . . . The monte dealer, who in Ids standing we fell anxious, we were not swarmed with men exhausted and wsy was n gentleman and honorable discouraged . . . worn out with-toll and hunger; mnli-s neeoriHng lo the notions ot llml class ” {August 1«.) . . Beyond us, were starved or killed by falling from ; ot men. won In two nights three Ilion far as we could eee. wae a barren precipices. Ml III the search waa c.,n sand dollars! Wln-n he bad rtdlee’ rd waste without a hlaile of grass or a tinned over snow forty or fifty feet Ids rates on m il bar be wear lo Union drop of water f t * thirty mile* at least. deep, fill the highest ridge of the valley, six tulle» distant, nnd bad In Instead of avoiding the desert. Instead Sierra was passed, when ihe dtsnp one night four tin. «semi exempllfyluir of the promised water, grass, and a pointed crowds began to return with | the fart that s «a m l.le t may Im rich better road, are were In fact uimsi a act pet 11 ng s glimpse of the grand do Imlay snd a hegmir tomorrow " more dreary am) wider «sale n il hunt THEN A N D TH ERE MODEL T FORD FARTS Minimum Charge 15c or 1 Cent a Word Burk s (or Side. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 31. 1931 THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON ») Notice to Creditors. IN T H E COUNTY COURT OF T H E STA TE OF OREGON FOR U M A T IL L A COUNTY. In the M atte r ot the Estate of Robert A. Allen, Deceased. NOTICE IS H E R E B Y G IV E N that the undersigned has been appointed adm inistrator of (he estate of Ro bert A. Allen, deceased, and has qua lified as the law directs. A ll per sons having claims against said es tate are required to present the ] same to mo at the office of W. J. W arner, my attorney, In Hermiston, Oregon, w ith proper vouchers, w ith in six months from the date hereof. Dated this 31st day of December, 1931. Fran k A. Allen, . Administrator. (Dee. 31-Jan. 28) T ( ® hr «»» t t - 11 S y n rtlrsie in r i JDortfutufc/ TYPEW RITE T ’S fas te r, e a s ie r, m o re legible. Social usage ac cepts the typed personal let ter now—ask us to show yon a R em ington- the personal w riting machine! I Herald Office AMO US fo r h o s p ita lity fo r fo o d s fo r service tel M u l t n o m a h PORTLAND, OREGON Every facility for every taste of every traveller . . . new decorations, new furniture, new lo b b y lounge and NEW LOW RATES. Fireproof HERMISTON FRO i ’2 BATH DR. A. E. MARBLE Uiirupnutor VINEYARD LODGE No. 206 I. O. O. F. meets each Monday evei.lng In Odd Fellows' hail. V isitin g members cordial')’ In /I ted W. R. Longhorn. Secretar. V irg il Smith, N. O. Office: Two doors weal pontofflce O lflc e h o u rs , 11) to 12; 1:30 to 6. Phone 481 - Hermiston, Or. PENDLETON i+i >■ «'■» s« »'S Gifts for All Occasions FRED H. BROWN W. L. Morgan, D. M. D. now associated with Dr. F. V. Prime Jeweler 817 Main Street General Dentistry X -R ay and Diagnosis lank Bldg. Phone Connections Sunday and Evenings by Appointment Alfred W. Christopherson Physician nnd Surgeon jf.'c e Phone 733. Ree. Phone 712 Office; F irst National Bank Bldg ' Pendleton, Ore. wx Specialize in Good Furni ture at Lowest Possible Prices Free Delivery to your door. WWEMX QUALITY*?«» PB«CE< H t E t ► füRH’I Ï ^ ' C o Hermiston Beauty Shoppe D U ART P E R M A N E N T W AVES Radios Motors ALL PERMANENTS $5.00 Late Appointments by Phone. Phone 141 Fixtures ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPANY W. J. WARNER Appliances Electrical Contracting Attorney-at-Law Hermiston - Oregon "A n yth ing Electrical” Hermiston Post No. 37 Meets first and third ^Thursday. Legion A uxil ia r y meets second and fourth Thursday, x-glon H all. PRANN FUNERAL SERVICE Telephone 801 Night or Day Chapel Frneral Coach and Sanitary Preparation Room rib u la n re Service - Hermiston Av 627 Main St. Phone 97 8 Pendleton Jack Allen Supply Co. AUTO PARTS SPORT GOODS Phone Four Hundred | L. M. LA DOW & CO. T U pholsterer^ and M fttre ts Maker? • N ovelty and C u rta in s f ! 504 Main Street Phone 6 29 Pendleton» Oregon T. K. Johnson Physician and Surgeon Office, Telephone Building Hermiston, Oregon Office Phone. 1023 House Î9 1 2 MARKHAM Beauty Shop ’ ATX WORK GUARANTEED PHONE 521 W. M. RAKESTRAW ! Watchmaker and Jewelry 627 Main Street Pendleton, Oregon DR. DALE R0THWELL O PTO M O TR B T The best glasses at a reasonable ' cost.— O P TIC A L R E P A IR IN G Over Wool worth's- Phone 1286 Pendleton. Oregon
