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THURSDAY. JULY 16, 1936 CLEAN-UP PRICES 1.95 DRESSES ................................................. $1.49 1.49 LADIES’ HATS....................................... $1.00 Oc & 60c EYE SHADES................................ 10c [LOSE OUT ON MEN’S SUITS - PRICED RIGHT 12 Ton Chevrolet Truck - Trade of Stock or Cash SECOND HAND GAS ENGINE SECOND HAND HARNESSES 50-ACRE RANCH - Easy Terms Burnham’s Dry Goods Store HERMISTON, OREGON or THE 527/ ill THE HERMISTON HERALD. HERMISTON. OREGON. PAGE THREW ‘ Waid, Helen and Esther Fredreck- 4.2 acres waste land. Stock, tools and Sophronia Rhea and Mrs. and equipment were generally mea t UMATILLA NEWS f son Carl Rhea. ger. the average inventory of live-, By ERMA BYRNES. Mrs. Ila Wallace, Mrs. J. F. Gib stock being $113.04, equipment and Harry Jones of The Dalles, former son and son Tom and Marian Stur tools $58.27, and feed and seed residents of Umatilla, visited here divant went to Pendleton Sunday to $25.12. one day last week. see the show "San Francisco." Average liabilities against the Mrs. Herman Riser of Klamath Mr. and Mrs. Harold Christenson farms was $673.78, so that the net visited at the Fred Knudson home THE HERMISTON HERALD and children of Portland are visit worth was only $539.06, this figure last week, Mrs. Riser is a former ing at the J. F. Rueber home. having fallen from $852 since the resident of Umatilla. Miss Nadine Rueber. daughter of properties were acquired, An edu- Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gurdane of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rueber, is em cational study of the operators The Dalles visited here last Wednes ployed in Pendleton for the summer. shows about 79 per cent had fin- day. Mrs. J. F. Gibson of Hillsboro. ished grade school, 16.4 per cent Nancy Yurk of Portland is visit Ore., returned to her home Monday had finished high school and less ing her aunt, Mrs. Ralph Joder. after spending the past week visit than five per cent having had any Mrs. Del Jackson and daughter ing friends in Stanfield. more advanced training. Louise returned last Thursday from Miss Billie Hedrick visited at the New York where they were dele home of her parents Tuesday. Billie gates at the National Presbyterian. is employed in Pendleton. They also visited relatives in Penn A group of friends from Stanfield sylvania. surprised Mrs. Bonnie Park Weitsel The Ladies Aid met at the home with a miscellaneous shower at her of Mrs. James Byrnes last Thursday. home in Hermiston Tuesday after Those present were Mesdames Pete Frank H. Spearman, author of "Gun noon. Refreshments of punch and McNabb, W. O. Miller, Wm. Shep lock Ranch,” this paper’s new serial, wafers were served. herd, Hugh Van Schoiack, V. D. is credited with giving the late Wal J. C. Hoskins and daughter Bytha lace Reid his start as a motion picture Bramer, Don Harryman and Mrs. of Stanfield and Vostha Lean and actor. While in his heyday shortly James Byrnes. Velma Ruth Hoskins of Echo mo before death overtook him, Reid said Mrs. George Kendler. Jr., and Kay tored to Salem Tuesday on business. he “rode Into fame on the screen with Logan had their tonsils removed at Friends will be glad to know that a play by Frank H. Spearman." the clinic held by Dr. F. B. Belt at In his latest novel, “Gunlock Ranch.” Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Shake of Park- Hermiston last Wednesday. dale have announced the engage the famous Western author has re. Roy Bray has accepted a govern ment of their daughter. Miss Donna ment position at Ukiah and Mrs. Shake, to Mr. Paul Priest, also of Bray wiill join him later. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Switzler re Parkdale. The wedding will take place some time in the near future. turned last Thursday from a two weeks’ trip to Portland and Mary- The Shakes were former residents (COAL OIL) of Stanfield. hill. Miss Evelyn Thorsen left Satur Rev. and Mrs. H. B. Thomas of day morning for Portland where she Boardman were In Umatilla calling will spend a few days visiting her Friday. sister. Miss Blanche who is attend Thelma Mae Shepherd left last ing summer school there. Wednesday for Hood River where Ralph Haney returned home she is visiting her aunt. Tuesday from Portland where he E. A. McMillian and James has been for the past week visiting Byrnes and daughter Joan spent relatives. Saturday in Touchet, Wn. Miss Joan remained in Touchet to visit with RURAL RELIEF CASES ON her aunt, Mrs. Ed. Byrnes. SMALL, LOW-VALUE FARMS. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Switzler and Mr. and Mrs. George Butterwood The portion of rural families in and Melvin Jenkins are in Seattle Oregon on relief who had the best attending the Shrine meeting. facilities for becoming self support FRANK H. SPEARMAN Miss Betty and Frances,, Junior ing with special help, still fell be turned to the field of his first literary and Edward Bray are spending a low in total facilitities the average conquest to gain new recognition as few days in the mountains near La part-time farmer in the state, ac an old-time writer who could “come Needt no electric current no I Grande. cording to a report of a special sur back.' Spearman was born In Buffalo, daily attention , . . no water Erma Byrnes, Glenn Ostrom and vey just published at Oregon State and spent his boyhood In Wis- • Ila» no moving part» to wear consin. Orphaned when fifteen years Lyle Brown spent Saturday after college. • I^rovide» fulle»t food protection noon in Pendleton. While there they The report tabulates the results of age, he was forced to leave Law • . . every worthwhile convenience attended the Pendleton-House of of a study made of 1014 cases that rence college at Appleton, Wis., and • Save» enough to pay for it»elf. go to work as a salesman for his David baseball game. had applied for rural rehabilitation, brother In Chicago, a wholesale grocer. KEROSENE ELECTROLUX is Burl Gurdane is spending several which was carried out as an FERA Spearman was married to Miss Eu — the first—and only—refrigera days in Portland. research project under the direction genie Longergan, daughter of the late tor to bring farm homes all the Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hull returned of C. S. Hoffman, assistant and L. Thomas Longergan, pioneer Chicagoan. comforts and savings of finest mod ern refrigeration at low cost. Send Sunday from Long Beach. Wn., R. Breithaupt, supervisor of rural Delicate In health, ho went to McCook. today tor full information free. Neb., where be started writing while where they spent a week with Mr. research. and Mrs. Floyd Hull of Pomeroy, The 1014 cases studied were se regaining his health. Since that time he has lived In Chicago and Holly who returned to their home early lected out of some 6000 rural relief wood, producing many notable stories. Monday morning. cases in Oregon. The average total Spearman’s railroad short stories oc SAM’S ELECTRIC SHOP Mr. and Mrs. James Byrnes and value of the farms included in this cupy a niche of their own in American ECHO. OREGON daughters Joan and Erma, Glenn group was only $1200. compared fiction. Two of them, “Held for Or Ostrom and Lyle Brown visited at with an average value of $2,142 for ders" and “The Nerve of Foley,” are Gentlemen: Please send me, without the Walsh home at “Shady Lawn” the part-time farms recently sur- still In print. “Whispering Smith” is obligation,further Information about the Monday ' afternoon. Verna Dale veyed, and an average valuation ot one of his most famous novels, while new Electrolux Kerosene Refrigerator. Walsh returned home with her close to $7000 for all farms in the his outstanding Western books are “Nan of Music Mountain, " "Laramie NAME. grandparents to visit for some time. state. Holds the Range," “Seiwood of Vivian Brown, who has been up The average acreage of places in- Sleepy Cat” nnd “Flambeau .Tim.” STREET o* R. F. D. there for a week also returned with eluded in the study was only 35.2 The author has four sons, three of T own . them to his home. acres, of which only 12 acres were whom nre married. The other is a Oliver McNabb, accompanied hy in crops, 19 acres in pasture, and | newly ordained Jesuit priest. his nephew George McNabb and Ol- ga Koepke, all of Grass Valley. vi- sited George McNabb’s parents Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Seaters and children, enroute to their home in Davis. Cal., from Montana where they have been shearing sheep, stopped at the Ralph Davis home to visit Mrs. Seaters’ sister, Mrs. Lloyd Ostrom and daughter. Mrs. Ostrom returned to California with them where she will visit her family. Robert Arrowsmith of Portland spent Saturday and Sunday here. Hilmer and Carol Ervin have pur H irst of all, you’re happier in knowing that chased the Fromdahl restaurant. I your car is better off with Standard Gasoline The Ervins are Mrs. Mable From- Unsurpassed. dahl’s brothers. Miss Dede Shaw of Portland spent And you’re lots happier with Standard Oil Motor several days of last week with her ing Services—originated by Standard —developed father, Earl Shaw. iu/X!Linry Spearman’s Novel Brought Opening For Screen Star OPERATES with KEROSENE EPORTER-PHOTOGRAPHERS, hundreds of them, . constantly scour the world for "shots" that will make a news highlight more real .. . more interesting ... more understandable. The single, business-like click of a camera and a thousand word story is captured, all in an instant, to be presented in a manner more graphic than the words themselves could ever attain. R The scenes these men photograph number into the thousands daily. From this great number a careful selection is made. The chosen pictures, designed to aid you in the visualization of im portant news events or "human-interest" occurrences and individuals, are regularly offered by this newspaper. I This is our answer to a modern public's demand upon a modern newspaper for pictures of places, persons and incidents of world-wide interest. REVIEW OF WORLD EVENTS—IN PICTURES APPEARING REGULARLY IN THIS PAPER NOTICE! 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