THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1936
THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON.
PAGE FOUR
$4222499999999 WILLIAM GRAHAM FILES FOR
CARD OF THANKS
IRRIGON NEWS
We wish to thank all those who
By Mra. W. C. Isom
so kindly befriended us during the
recent loss of our beloved wife and
Irrigon placed third in the band
mother.
contest last week at Corvallis. Don*
MERLE FLETCHER & FAMILY.
aid Houghton tied for second place
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with a Eugene girl in the solo con
There are 3,500,000 deaths from test. The band members report a
malaria every year, the majority oc- very pleasant trip.
curing in the British Empire.
Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Rand and
family were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. R. Estle at Hermiston
Sunday.
Mrs. Lovell arrived here recently
and will make her home on the
ranch of her sister, Mrs. Eggleston.
Kathryn Olday of Stanfield ac
companied the band members as tar
as Portland.
A very pleasing Easter program
was rendered at the Pentecostal
church last Sunday. Rev. Uyman
was in charge of the services.
Mrs. Elroy Lamoreaux, who has
been with her daughter, Mrs. Chas.
Vanderlinde at Yakima, Wn„ the
past few weeks, returned the last
of the week.
Asparagus picking is now on at
the Hugh Grimm and Bishop farms.
Miss Nellie Leicht returned to
Spokane Sunday night.
A community gathering was held
at the school auditorium Saturday
night to welcome the new people in
to the membership.
The burning of the Frank Fred
erickson home Thursday afternoon
came as a shock to neighbors and
friends as well as the immediate
family. The fire was thought to be
caused by sparks from the chimney.
Every Hat Must Be Sold To
Mr. Frederickson carried no insur
Make Room For New
ance and the loss of their home and
Merchandise!
most of their household goods at
this time means a severe handicap
to the family.
Don Isom and Charleen Gentry of
in all the popular
Baker. Ore., were married at Pasco,
SHAPES AND COLORS.
Wn., Saturday, April 11th. They
$2.95 & $3.50 Hats
were accompanied by Terry Cald
Reduced to
well and Rosella Nyder of Baker,
Ore. Mr. and Mrs. Isom will be at
home to their friends after June 1st
on the W. C. Isom ranch.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Williams and
THIS SALE AND
family, Earl Leach and Ben Boylen
SAVE MONEY.
were Umatilla visitors Sunday af
ternoon.
$3.50 & $4.00 Hats
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Houghten were
Reduced to
dinner guests of the Williams fami
ly Sunday.
Frank Brace and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Frederickson were business
visitors in Heppner Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Eddy and Miss
Fine Quality
Hansen attended teacher's institute
at Spokane. Wn., Friday. Mrs. Frank
Brace accompanied them on the
trip. Mrs. Brace’s daughter, Flor-
Reduced from $1.49 to
ence, who is attending business col
lege in Spokane, returned with them
for a few weeks’ visit.
All Good Colors & Patterns.
Mr. Yarborough of Coeur d’
Alene, Idaho, visited his sister-in-
law and family Mr. and Mrs. Claire
Caldwell over the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Banter of Stanfield
nnd the Weller Sisiters, who are
holding meetings at Stanfield, vis
ited Mrs. Helle Caldwell Monday.
$
Spring Hat
SALE
Fine Fur Felts
$2.44
$2.99
All Wool Caps
89c
MOYER’S
Men’s Store
costs less
to own
a
.
, cectriC
Famous G-E Sealed-in-
Steel Mechanism Now
Gives Ton "Double the
Cold" and Uses
LESS CURRENT
The 1936 G-E Refrigerators
are now even thriftier than
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will place this
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COUNTY SHERIFF NOMINATION
BANK CHARTERING
POLICY REVIEWED
William P. Graham, well known
rancher of the Umapine district, on
Monday tiled his declaration for
sheriff of Umatilla county, in the State Official Declares Correct
Principles in Licensing Banks
nominating primaries May 15.
Mr. Graham has been a resident
Are Essential for Sound
of that district for several years,
Banking Conditions
and has been engaged in dairying
and farming. He has been a lifelong
PHILADELPHIA. — Sound public
member of the republican party, and policy in chartering banks was dis
this is his first entrance into poli cussed by Carl K. Withers, Commis
sioner of Banking and Insurance of the
tics as an office seeker.
Mr. Graham has had previous ex State of New Jersey, before the Eastern
perience in law enforcement, having Conference on Banking Service, held
here recently under the auspices of the
served two years as deputy in Flag American Bankers Association. He de
staff, Arizona.
clared that "few questions bearing on
the future stability and security of our
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
banking systems loom as more impor
tant than that of a sound policy to be
PAYS OVER MILLION IN TAXES
pursued in the chartering of banks."
Alluding to competitive policies of
A total of $1,036,514.13 in taxes
was levied in Oregon against the both state and national banking au
thorities to charter the most banks in
property of the Union Pacific rail
the past, be said that “this country was
road for 1935 and has been prompt over-banked, and that aside from any
ly paid, as in past years. Below are other consideration, economic or other
the figures for a number of Oregon wise. this condition was brought about
largely through an unwise, unsafe and
counties:
Baker, $96,800; Gilliam, $53,- unthinking charter policy, alternating
505; Harney, $23,984; Hood River, between the state and national sys
$43,450; Malheur, $81.892; Mor tems, which has marked and ham
pered banking progress In this country
row, $59,431; Multnomah, $277,798;
since its very inception.”
Sherman, $42,292; Umatilla, $149,-
Political Influence
381; Union, $88,393;
Wallowa.
He decried political considerations
$19,952; Wasco, $87,173.
in connection with the chartering of
In Baker, Umatilla, Union and
banks, saying: "Political Influence has
Wasco counties, for example, the no more place In banking than It has
Union Pacific pays between 12 per In the deliberations of our highest
cent and 15 percent of each coun tribunal—The Supreme Court of the
ty’s total tax levy. In Sherman United States. Until this is recognized
county it pays more than 20 percent and brought into being within both our
and, in Gilliam county, more than state and national systems, we may
never feel safe against the shifting
23 percent of the total tax levy.
sands of political expedience."
As to the "element of sometimes
Onions in Oregon.
ridiculous competition heretofore ex
The main crop of onions in Ore isting between the state and national
gon is grown from seed planted in systems," he said that much may be
April. The major portion of the said in favor of the progress made in
commercial acreage is on organic or recent years. In many states there ex
ists a practical working agreement be
peat soil but some fine onions are tween local supervising authorities
grown on fertile river bottom soil. and the federal authorities, whereby
Irrigation is used successfully in all charter applications are mutually
parts of the state where the sum considered on a basis of community
mers are warm and dry. Yellow need rather than competitive advan
Danvers and Sweet Spanish are the tage as between systems, in some
leading varieties grown in Oregon. states this arrangement goes even fur
The crop last year in Oregon ther in the refusal of the one authority
to even consider a charter while pend
amounted to almost 1500 carloads.
ing with the other, he declared.
Aside from the competitive and po
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aspects of our future charter
t STANFIELD NEWS t policy, be continued, there are several
others more Individual and local which
By Sophronia Rhea
Miss Mildred Phelps, daughter of merit consideration. Among these he
mentioned honesty of purpose, com
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Phelps of Her munity need the character of manage
miston and Carl Rhea, son of Curtis ment and adequacy of capital.
Rhea of Stanfield, were married at
Most state laws make reference to
the Methodist parsonage in Pendle the “character, responsibility and fit-
ton Sunday, April 12, at 6:00 p. m., ness” of the incorporators of a new
with Rev. Walter Gleiser reading bank, he said, continuing:
“So Important do I conceive this fac
the ceremony. The bride was given
tor to be, that 1 place it first among
in marriage by her father.
those tor consideration, for unless the
A wedding supper followed at the motive is sound, honest and sincere,
Oregon Cafe, after which the bridal there is little likelihood that the result
party and friends enjoyed a theatre ant institution in its service to the
party at the Rivoli. Later they re community will reflect other than the
turned to the cafe and the bride cut spirit of its founders.
the wedding cake.
The Lessons of the Past
Those present were Mrs. Ruby Mc
“Too often in the past have charters
Millan. Mr. and Mrs. Merle Phelps, been granted to promoters pure and
Mr. and Mrs. Jack O’Dell, Mr. and simple—not always pure, and by no
Mrs. Sloan Spencer, Mary and Soph means simple. The country was dotted
ronia Rhea, Ruth Dodd, Norma Dav with such. The experience has been
costly and. it is to be hoped, the lesson
is, Julia Colpitts, Wallace Chamness,
well learned, not only by charter-grant
Lee Connor. Ralph Isackson, John ing authorities, but the public.”
Schumate and Marold Pace.
Other factors to be considered as
W. J. Haney passed away Tues among the most important in granting
day afternoon at his home on the new bank charters, he said, are the
Meadows after an illness of about number of institutions already serving
two weeks from pneumonia. He Is the area, the record of earnings of ex
survived by his widow and sons Ed, isting Institutions, the number of fail
ures since 1920. and the reasons there
Ralph, Lawrence, Ernest, Earl and
for, public convenience and advantage,
Clarence, and one daughter Mrs. the reasonable prospects tor growth
Edna Parsons of ortland. Funeral of the community, expectation of prof
services will be held Friday from the itable operation and whether a branch
Hope Presbyterian church and in bank could serve as well.
“Sound public policy demands that
terment made in Echo cemetery.
Miss Margaret Partman. county no new banks be chartered unless
health nuhse, held a health meeting there is a definite, necessitous and
permanent need," he declared. “Sound
in the high school at 2:00 p. m.
mergers, consolidations and the sen
April 16tht, for this end of the sible extension of branch banking are
• county, consisting of four towns. much to be preferred to any general
Echo, Hermiston, Umatilla and Stan movement toward a flood of new char
field Everyone is urged to attend. ters. But here again we must gnard
Plans will be made for a free school carefully against monopoly or un
clinic to be held in towns interested. bridled branch competition, either of
Mrs. Marti in Wilson and daugh which might become as dangerous as
the organization of new banks.”
ter Donna and son Gale of Portlond
art here visiting Mrs. Dena Wooster
Public Confidence
this week.
Mrs. Chas. Severence of Portland
Challenging a recently published
spent the week end in Stanfield vis
statement that there is an “apparent
iting old friends. They are former loss of public confidence in banks,”
Stanfield residents.
William A. Boyd of Ithaca. N. Y,
The junior-senior play. ’’Listen to asks why, if this were true, bank de
Leon." given Friday night was well posits are constantly Increasing. "1
attended with approximate receipts maintain that any banking institution
which has continued to serve its com
at $40.
Robert
Starkweather.
Ernest munity since the trying days of 1929
Greathouse and George Billups were must be enjoying the respect and con
fidence of that community, and 1 am
in Portland over the week end on sure that the very large majority of
business.
banking institutions which have come
Miss Helen Condor of Portland, through this depression have never had
who is taking’nurses training there, to ’regain" public confidence.’’ he says.
spent the week end with her par-
I ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Connor in
Trust Institutions
Pendleton.
A directory of trust Institutions pub
Miss Katherine Olday. a former
teacher in Stanfield, visited Wednes lished by the Trust Division. American
day with friends In Stanfield. She Bankers Association, lists 2,533 Insti
tutions having aggregate capital funds
went to Pendleton Wednesday even of $4.416,000,000 and total resources ol
ing and spent Easter vacation with $35.443.000.000. It shows a total of 6.949
Miss Mildred Peregrine.
men and women engaged in this phase
Mr. and Mrs James Dunn are vi of bank work. The trust Institutions
comprise 1.356 state-chartered trusi
siting in Stanfield thia week.
Mr. and Mrs O. M. Hoosier and companies and banks and 1,497 na
daughter Rose were dinner guests of tlonal banks with trust department!
Mr. and Mrs. George Elliott Sunday. located In 1,634 cities and towns.
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Are Midgets Happy?
Old Age Pension in Oregon.
Small people have small worries
according to the Brasno midgets—
George and his sister Olive—who
have featured roles In the latest
Warner Oland mystery picture,
“Charlie Chan at the Circus,” which
comes Sunday and Monday to the
Oasis theatre.
"You never miss anything that
you’ve never had,” explains George.
“We’ve never been large, so we don’t
know whether we’re missing any
thing by being small. It’s as simple
as that. Here we are—and we’re
happy. We can’t see that we’re be
Scientists in a Dutch laboratory ing deprived of anything.”
-a
have succeeded in producing almost
adsolute cold—a temperature with
in three one-hundredths of absolute
Teeth may decay even if diet is
zero has been attained.
adequate, experiments show.
In Oregon a person who has
reached the age of 70, who has been
a citizen of the United States for 15
years and in the county for 2 years,
may be entitled to receive the maxi
mum pension of $30 per month, pro
vided he does not have assets
amounting to more than $3,000.
The law is administered by the
county commissioners, and applica
tion should be made directly to
them.
FREDERIC J. HASKIN,
Washington, D. C.
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TOWNSEND LECTURE
Baptist Church - Monday, 8 P.M.
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Explaining the Townsend
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t • 1. Where the money comes from. • •
• 2. How it will bring recovery.
• 3. How it will balance the budget, :
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increase business and pay the :
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WE D rivers
A Series of Brief Discussions on Driving, Dedì»
caled to the Safety, Comfort and Pleasure
of the Motoring Public. Prepared
by General Motors
No. 6—POWER AND SPEED
A TOST of our motor cars will go so much faster than we ever care to drive
2V - them, that no doubt people often wonder why so much speed is built
into them in the first place. Of course, automobiles aren't built with the idea
of pleasing the manufacturer or the engineer or the
salesman. They’re built to suit the men and women
who are going to own and drive them. And there are
certain things that people do insist on in their cars.
It happens that some of those things are of such a
nature that when the engineers provide them, an
ability to go fast just naturally results.
For instance, nearly everybody likes to get going
as promptly as possible. Now that’s just a matter of
the power we have in our engine and how our car is
geared.
Then there’s the business of hill-climbing. That
may not mean as much in some localities as in others,
but cars have to be built to suit us whether we live
in Maine or Florida, Iowa or California—wherever
we may live and wherever we may want to go.
Engineers tell us that they could build a fairly low-powered car that
would pull us up the steepest hill. But if they did.
they would have to gear it so low that when we got
over the top and onto a level stretch, we could only
go crawling along at a rate that wouldn’t satisfy
even the most conservative drivers.
But perhaps the most important reason for hav
ing our power what it is in modern cars, is a matter
that many of us have never considered. We all know
what happens to us, when we, ourselves, are going
at high pressure all the time, either physically or
mentally. A person can work 12, 14 or 16 hours a day,
but we know we get along best when we don't tax
our last reserves of energy all the time.
In the same way, anybody who has ever run
machinery knows that if you keep it going at full
capacity and full speed day-in-and-day-out, you’re just multiplying the
chances of a breakdown, sooner or later.
And that's how it is with a car. By building in the
ability to run at high speed, engineers make it prac
tical to run at reasonable speed. If our car can go
seventy, eighty or maybe even more miles an hour,
then it won't have to strain to go thirty-five, forty,
or somewhat faster if circumstances demand. So we
can drive it along at sensible speeds hour after hour,
day after day, without over-working it
When we stop to think
about it lots of things are
built with that added safety
margin. Elevators in our of
fice buildings could carry far
heavier loads than the weight
of all the people they can
hold. So could modern bridges. The steel girders
of our buildings, the rails under our trains—in fact,
any number of things we depend on day-by-day—
are much stronger than they really have to be. They
all have that extra margin of protection.
So with our cars, what we have to remember is
that speed is simply a by-product of power. We can
use that power unwisely, or we can use it sensibly
and get better performance and dependability as the result. Manufacturer,
can’t decide that It’s all up to us.