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THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON
3Zf|r tyrm iatun Iff rali»
Published every Thursday at Hermis
ton. Umatilla County, Oregon, by
Pauline M. Stoop and Alfred Quirlng,
Publishers
Entered us Second Class Matter
December, 1906, U m atilla County,
Oregon.
W hen a com m ittee representing co
operative organizations from the
Hermiston and Stanfield project
waited upon the County Court, it
was intim ated that they m ight be
able to get enough money from a
county emergency fund to continue
operation of th is office.
But ap-
parently their intention is to cut
the County A gent’s stenographer to
half time in order to m aintain the
Hermiston office.
Is the County Cour trying to make
it appear that they are cutting ex
penses for taxpayers when they are
crippling an in stitu tion useful to
the county?
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1 » >
Landscaping Simplified
By H. W.
_____________
•
! There are several things to be
I considered before one starts plant
, ¡»B a hedge. Much foresight must
be used at the tim e of planting as
it is alm ost im possible to correct
m istake after a year. Don’t forget
that your grounds about your house
are incom plete w ithout a front
hedge as it is necessary in order to
bring out the whole plan as one pic
ture of beauty.
Warning to Sparrow Hunters.
The hedge you plant must be of
Residents of Hermiston have reg such a nature that it w ill stand se
istered a complaint to the City Mar vere pruning which it must get be
shal. H. A. Pankow. regarding boys fore a beautiful hedge is accompli
shooting air rifles or bebee guns shed. When a hedge is planted, the
w ithin the city
lim its.
Parents thought in mind should be a hedge
should caution their children in this t that balanceg in g|ze and ghape wlth
matter to prevent unnecessary sc-
hollge au„ w |tb the w ho,e p)an
tion. There is danger, not only ! A tw() foot hedgp
about rlght f(jr
to the boys, but to pedestrians who | tlle avera,.e hized lawn and hougp
m ight be injured by the shot.
but remember the deeper your lawn
K I.AG ES
Today is Our
B IR T H D A Y
gularly, a strip three feet wide on I
each side of the hedge and not more
than 2 inches deep as a hedge ia a
Subscription Rates:
shallow feeder but a heavy one.
One Y e a r .......................................... >2.00
Keep the plants free from weeds and
Six Months ............................ - ...... >1.00
allow no grass to grow w ithin three
Three Months ................... ....................50
feet of the young hedge. The sh a
dier the location of the hedge, the
more fertilizer Bhould be used. If
A Saving to Taxpayers.
this system is followed, a well filled
Members of the U m atilla County
out hedge w ill be the result.
Court have taken it upon them selves
For the walk entrance, leave a
to juggle and cut federal appropria
space between plants at planting
tions which is given over for a sa l
time about five feet wide and train
ary and expense fund for county
your hedge so you w ill have an en
agricultural agents.
As a result,
trance three feet wide when the
the m aintainance of the Assistant
hedge has filled out. Also, when
County Agent's office at Hermiston
planting, leave a space for the drive
w ill have to be arranged for by cu t
way and remember you must not de
ting the County Agent's secretaries
pend
on opening up the hedge after
time in half, which handicaps both
the second year as If this is done,
offices in preventing them
from
fhe hedge w ill not fill out well at
functioning efficien tly. Total coun
or bigger your house, the wider yot
he bottom. One must get every bit
ty appropriations for 1932 were cut
Read All Of This Or None.
should make your hedge. For ex of grow th he can out of the first two
from >5100 to >2130.
In 1931
It is a gloomy moment in history. ample: Take a house with one sto years. After that, the hedge w ill
they were reduced from >6825 to
Not for many years — not in the ry, 18 feet high from the ground to handle itself with water, fertilizer
>5100.
lifetim e of most men who read this the ridge. If you train your hedge and cultivation.
Tlie budget committee (County paper has
there been so
much tw o feet high and three feet wide
No pruning should be done the
Court) took it upon them selves to grave and deep apprehension: never 1 it will be proportioned correctly.
first season but the next spring, the
cut the salary of the A ssistant Coun has the future seemed so incaicui-
The first step in planting a hedge pruners should be busy, at which
ty Agent located at Hermiston, from able as at this time. In our own i is to choo-e a system and stick to it time the hedge should be pruned so
>2200 a year to >1980, leaving >220 j
country there is universal commer- I One that is frequently used is the that it w ill be just 12 inches wide
of th( federal appropriated salary , c| a i prostration and panic, and ’’Double R ow,” which is where one
and six inches high. Early in the
fund, which they have no right to thousands of our poorest fellow c it row is planted the full width of the
pring of the third year, the pruners
touch in any way. When the fed izens are turned out against the ap lawn, w ith each plant one
foot
hould be used again and the hedge
eral government completes a recla
proaching winter w ithout em ploy apart. Then another row is planted •hould be made just a foot wider
Capital, Surplus and Undivided P rofits Over >50,000.
matlon project there is a salary fund ment, and w ithout the prospect of six inches from the first row the full
han last year, six inches on each
F.
B.
Swayze,
Pres. - R. Alexander, Vice-Pres. - A. H. Norton, Cashier
appropriated for m aintenance of an It.
width of the lawn so there w ill be a
ide and another six inches higher,
agricultural agent, which is distri
In France, the political caldron space between the two rows just six naking the hedge tw o feet wide and
buted through the State Agricul
These plants in the uie foot high. The next spring
seethes and bubbles with uncertain inches wide.
tural Extension office, in order to
ty; Russia hangs, as usual, like a second row should be planted a foot (M arch) the hedge should be pruned
prevent duplication of effort in the
cloud, dark and silen t upon the hor- apart b I ro , and the joints broken in m other foot wider and another six
same territory. The fund for the
and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Helms visi fields varying in size from less than
’on of Europe; w hile all the ener every plant in the second row h alf nches higher. Another six inches
Hermiston project was >2400 to be
♦ ted Sunday afternoon and evening. an acre to 15 acres, says County
I have found that •an be added the fifth spring in ♦
;les, resources and infli cnees of the way between.
used for salaries, or at the discre
PINE CITY NEWS
«•
Charley Morehead made a busi A gent A. L. Marble. J. E. King
British Empire are sorely tried, and th is system is unsatisfactory as it leigh th , but the hedge should be no *
tion of the State Agricultural Lea
*
« ness trip to Echo Monday.
pastured 14 cows and several calves
are yet to be more sorely in coping leaves spots not well filled out. In vider than three feet. The next
der. The comm ittee cut the office
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. O’Brien were on five acres during the past sea
with the vast and deadly Indian in a hedge every plant must grow even itep after g ettin g your hedge train-
and travel expenses less than half
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Morehead business visitors in Pendleton Fri
surrection, and w ith its disturbed ly and when you plant, don’t ne ad the righ t size, is to get hedge
son, and A. J. Brunquist of Park-
leaving but >250 for expense of
glect to sort the strong plants out shears and keep the hedge smooth and children Bobby and Delpha v i day.
relations in China.
dale pastured four cows, two horses
operating a car the year around, for
sited
at
the
Dan
Lindsey
home
at
and plant them first.
Then sort and even.
Ibota plants w ill give
Geneva and Lowell Young visited
It is a solemn moment, and no
and several hogs on a new tw o—acre
office stationery, and for secretar
again g ettin g all the strongest ones vou the best results as they are ve- Alpine Sunday.
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emery
man
c
a
n
feel
an
Indifference
lal work. In other words it meant
Miss
Helen
Heath
and
Mr.
A
tkin
field.
Get
each
lot
even
sized
and
of
the
y
hardy
and
w
ill
not
w
inter
kill
Cox
of
Blackhorse,
Saturday.
suicide to the A ssistant County (w hich, happily, no man pretends lame strength and also each lot as w ill California Prrivet.
had dinner and spent Thursday even
to feel) in the issue of events.
A gent’s office at Hermiston.
should
get
sm aller but of even
HOOD RIVER— Ladino clover has
A few
don’ts to follow w hile ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Of our troubles no man can see strength and size. (The same amount | grow ing a hedge:
Burl W attenburger.
The difference between the sav
continued to Increase in popularity
the
end.
They
are,
fortunately,
as
Mrs. Fred Lee, daughter Evelyn in th is county u n til at present there
ing (supposedly) on the >2400 sal
of roots together w ith the same
Don’t forget to w ater the plants
and son Raymond made a business are approxim ately 100 acres in
ary fund and the cut on the expense yet commercial; und If we are only ilzed roots is of equal strength re
ince a week.
to lose money, and by painful pov gardless of tops.)
’rip to Echo, Saturday. W hile on
fund is >170.
What the County
Don’t prune your hedge during
erty to be taught wisdom— the w is
‘heir
way home, they had car trou
W hen you have decided to plant
he grow in g season.
Court Intends to do with this has dom of honor, of faith, of sym pathy
ble. Marion Finch who passed w hile
a hedge, measure the distance o:
Don’t
forget
to
fertilize
early
in
not been revealed.
In fact there and of charity— no man need ser
going to town, discovered the trou
width of ground and for every fool
he spring and again In June.
has been little, or nothing, revealed iously to despnid. And yet the very
in this, allow one hedge plant
Foi
Don’t forget to get all the growth ble and remedied it, m aking it pos-
heste to be rich, which is the occa example: If 60 feet wide or long,
you possibly can the first two sea- dble fbr them to return home w ith
sion of this widespread calam ity, 'lant 50 plants, p u ttin g the first
out further trouble.
ions.
has also tended to destroy the moral
Mr. and Mrs. John Healy and
ne on the edge of the lawn and
Don’t add more than six inches
NOW AVAILABLE AT THE
forces w ith which v c are to resist hen planting the rest in a straight
'■hildren were Sunday afternoon v i
to the h eighth at each pruning.
and subdue the calam ity.
sitors
at
the
Mike
Kenny
ranch.
ow on the property lin e so when
Don’t add more than six Inches
Mr. Atkin spent last week end in
Good friends— let our conduct your hedge Is developed, the outside o each side at each pruning.
Portland, Oregon.
>1000.00 in cash prizes and one thou
W alla W alla.
prove that the call comes to men edge w ill he right on this line. Each
Don’t prune more than once earh
sand other prizes are offered for ex
CLASS “A ”
FIREPROOF
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rauch and
who have large hearts, however plant must be spaced evenly and set season until after you have a fully
amples of skill with a jackknife. Entries
narrowed their homes may be; who the same depth, w ithout bending or developed hedge, and then trim your hildren attended the dance given by
may be any kind of model, figure or
special carving, requiring skill and in
li ve nothing but manhood, strong crowding the roots.
They should hedge often enough to keep your Mr and Mrs. Henry Rauch at their
genuity, made entirely of wood, and
n its f ’ith In Gcd, to rely upon; be set deep enough so that the last hedge smooth w hich usually takes home near South Springs, Saturday
with no other tools than a jackknife.
night.
nrt whoever show s him self truly a top root is about tw o Inches below about three tim es a season.
First P r i it ........................................ 5150
Charley
Bartholomew
was
a
busi
Cod-fenring man now, by helping the level of the lawn, w ith the dirt
Don't forget to get the ground
S.cond P rist................................. J 100
wherever and however he can, w ill narked solidly around the roots. smooth before settin g the plants or ness visitor in Heppner Friday to
Third P rist..................................... $7 J
Fourth Prist................................... $50
be ns blessed and beloved ns a great They should then be watered by else tho hedge w ill be of different get repairs for his hay chopper.
FIMt Prist....................................... SIS
Sirs. Emery Cox and
daughter
light in darkness.
flooding and fertilizer should be sp Ihirkncss up and down.
A n d alao there are twentydive >10 prizea and
Betty Bernice visited at the H. E.
oiled. A large amount of w ater
fifty a i >5.00 each. In addition. 1000 apecial
Don’t forget to follow directions. Young home Friday and Saturday,
jackknivea w ill be diatrihuted to all winnera nF
f'ow comes the remarkable fact. should be used the first year, and
cash awarda and to thoae receiving honors He
-he returned to her home on Black-
W hat you have Just read was not the plants should be cultivated ro-
mention, in caee a t tiea duplicate ptuee will be
YOURS FOR A FINE HEDGE.
given.
horse Saturday afternoon.
W ashington at 12th Street
w ritten yesterday, about the condi
AU rules and details o f this contest are In the
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Helm s and
tion of today— but is a verbatim re
ALSO ROOMS WITHOUT BATH
issue of Popular Mechanics Magazine now on sate.
occurred in American business since Tucker w ill talk about her trip to
Buy a copy at any newsstand or consult one at
children motored to Pendletn Satur
print of an editorial which appeared the R evolutionary war, and every
GOOD
GARAGE
NEARBY
France as a Gold Star Mother.
your library. You do not have to he a tegular
day.
in Harper’s W eekly on October 10, one has looked black, and seemed
reader.
— For Perm anent Guests —-
Fat Throop was a dinner guest at
857.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy N eill were busi
We Have Rooms As Low As
unending. Every one has been fol the Tom Stew art home Synday.
POPULAR MECHANICS
ness visitors in Echo Saturday.
July of that year was normal, lowed by recovery and prosperity
$6.00
week, $20.00 mo.
Mrs. L. Hammer returned Satur
Miss W ilma
McCarty
visited
eptember marked the beginning of lowed by recovery— and prosperity.
M A G A ZIN E
day from Richland, C alif., where she school W ednesday afternoon.
She
»00 Eart Ontario Street
C H IC A G O , I L L
0. P. HOLLENBECK, Mgr.
depression. This editorial appeared
has been w ith her daughter until had her tonsils removed some tim e
n October. Seventeen months later,
in March of 1859, business was back ♦
♦ she died recently leaving six child ago and as a result she was not able
ren. Mrs. Hammer brought four of to return to 0. S. C. u n til Thursday.
normal again.
> COLUMBIA NEWS NOTES
♦ then: back wltli her.
Mrs. Ollie N eill and daughter Ole-
♦
“Of our own troubles no man can ♦
Mrs. Pete N orquist returned from ta made a business trip to Hermiston
see the end.” They said it in 1857
Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Bloom spent W allace, were she was called by the and Echo. Saturday.
and it has been said many times,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Applegate and
before and since. Depressios have Sunday with their daughter, Mrs. illness of Mrs. Leon Norquist, her
daughter-in-law . She brought back children Wanda and Mara w ent to
Esther Gordanier, in Um atilla.
town Sunday. W hile on their way
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Udey were v is their tw o children, who w ill stay at
back they stopped at the home of
itors at the Alpha C hristley home the Norquist home u n til their mo
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Finch and
ther
recovers.
j Sunday afternoon.
Mava Finch
F. W. Lenz made a trip to Pendle spent the afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Val Knauf and fam-
stayed all night with B etty Finch
ton
Friday
with
a
load
of
potatoes.
1 ily. Mr. and Mrs. Gns Linder, and
Burl and Lon W attenburger were
Mrs. Joe Udey and daughter,
Childs Barham nnd Mrs. Barham
business visitors in Echo Saturday.
Florence
were
visitors
at
the
O.
O.
! «ere dinner guests at the Squire
Miss Nancy Kanonon spent last
Fell house home Tuesday where Mrs.
, Thomas home Sunday in honor of
Felthouse. Mrs. M. L. W atson, and week end in Echo with Miss Mar
Mr. Thomas' birthday, w hich was
garet Neary.
Mrs, Udey Met for Sew in g club.
Wednesday of this week. A very
Jim Ayers and Mrs. Sadie Elder
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keller and
! nice dinner was served which in-
were in Echo Saturday.
fam
ily
were
Pendleton
visitors
Sat-
j eluded plumb pvddtng Hom Boston.
Mr. and Mrs. W alt W lggiesw orth
rday.
' nnd Individual buckets of candy
and son Eugene W alter spent F ri
| from Iowa.
DALLAS P ellr Comegys of Poilt day evening at the home of Mr. and
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Vdev were visit county has begun preparations to Mrs. Burl W atteburger.
I ors at the Gus Linder homo Sunday irrigate a tw o acre field of red clo
Mrs. Bill Sm ethurst, Au dry Moore
| evening.
ver on his farm as an experim ent to and Russell Moore were business v i
T E L E P H O N IN G is so direct. T o friends in
I c n iy Otl and daughter Edna at- determ ine w hether Irrigation w ill sitors in Stanfield and Echo Satur
I ’ended tbe old time Grange dance increase the production of seed. The day. Audry is taking piano lessons
The G o o d ye a r Doub!e E a g le -
o th e r cities— to the folks “back hom e”—to
j »t fin afield Friday.
lift, according to J. R. Beck, county from Miss Helen
Fredrickson
of
agent,
w
ill
he
23
feet.
Mr
Beck
Stanfletd.
Miss Martha ix'tiz was a visitor
chum s w ho are traveling— to young people
imitated but never equaled —it the
at the Joe Udey home Sunday after- has recently rnn levels for Irrigated ' Charley Bartholomew has been
pasture
on
the
farm
s
of
W.
A.
W
it-
j
chopping
hay
tor
several
days,
but
|
r.oon.
* finest tiro the world's larges« rubber
aw ay a t school or college. You talk to the
Hams. Buell, and J. A. Campbell, I due to a machinery breakdown, they
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Lens made a
company can build without a cost
I trip to W allula Saturday to see their Perryda le.
have been unable to work for a few
person you w an t to reach, and g et an im
EUG ENS— A amali dem onstration day«.
i daughter. Mrs. Leon Norquist, who
restriction of any kind
trial
to
determ
ine
ik
e
value
of
su-
; has been ill.
Church was held Sunday after-
fll
m ediate answ er. I t ’s fast. I t ’s clear. I t ’s
Tbe Udey’s Home Towners orch- perphophate on L adlao clover pas- noon, at the Pine City auditorium,
; estra practiced at the Joe Udey home tttre has been started on the farm of : Miss Lila Bartholomew accompan-
personal.
Mrs Sloan
Thompson.
Ruth
Tuesday evening They w ill play for N. A. W hlteakar near Coburg. Conn- |
' »he dance at the Stanfield hall Frl- ty Agent Fletcher applied the fer- Thomas and Marjorie Ebert to
' day evening.
• lllxer on eight square roda at the Pendleton Saturday evening. W hile
HONE 571
The Farm Bureau A uxiliary w ill rate of tw o ponnds per square rod. in Pendleton, the girl» attended the
T u p n 4 c iF it T elephone A nd T elegraph C b m p c -
HERMISTON, OREGON
Ing of the M u g h ters of Job.
Business Office: Main Street
Telephone 511
.m eet Friday of this week, Mrs. B ill or 320 pounds per acre.
Mr. and Mrs Lou Wattenburger
On January 14, 1907, we opened up for
business in Hermiston. On that day, every
man in Hermiston opened an account with
us in addition to several of their wives.
Today we wish to serve the community
just as we served them on our opening day,
twenty-five years ago.
The F irs t N a tio n a l B ank
OF HERMISTON.
Room & Bath
$1.55
Washington Hotel
W H IT T L E
FOR A PRIZE
BUY
GOOD
SHOES
and f
then
Keep them
R E P A IR E D
BOWMAN
SHOE SHOP
<r7/eTIRE o f tileà.
ROHRMAN MOTOR CO.
W ith the friendly warmth
of the human voice