THE HERMISTON HERALD. HERMISTON. OREGON.
FAOE FOUR
payable a t th e rate of $1000 per
year a t a low r a te of in te rest, and
Published every T hursday a t H erm is is being paid reg u larly .
Union high school d istric t No. 9
ton, U m atilla County, Oregon, by
P au lin e M. Stoop and A lfred Q uirlng, w hich issued bonds in 1935, for
$40,000, has paid off $2000, and is
Publishers.
ready to pay off the same in sta ll
E ntered as Second Class M atter m ent th is fall. The to ta l assessed
December, 1906, U m atilla County, valuation of the Union high is over
Oregon.
$2,000,000, and th e ra te of assess
m ent is 8.6 m ills w hich tak es care
of c u rre n t school expenses and re
D ra g
duction of bonded indebtedness. The
tax ra te of th e grade school d istric t
has been reduced from 14 m ills of
a few years ago to th ree m ills in th e
present budget. The indebtedness of
the w ater system is being reduced
Subscription Rates.
by d irect w ater charges to consum
One Year ..................................... $2.00 ers (w ith o u t property ta x atio n )
Six M onths .................................. 1.00 w hich includes both re n te rs and
T hree M onths ...................................... 60 ow ners who use w ater.
Every one of these in stitu tio n s
are on a stric tly cash basis. This
Our Own Public Finances.
g en eral condition is a ttrib u ta b le to
two facts. One is good m anagem ent
Very few m unicipalities in Ore by d irectin g officials. The o th e r is
gon are in such excellent financial the a b ility of p ro p erty ow ners to
condition as H erm iston and its en pay th e ir c u rre n t taxes. For m any
virons. Both th e City of H erm iston years stric t m ethods of economy,
and school d istric t No. 14 are on a consistent w ith good service, have
cash basis w ith taxes being g rad u been observed and taxes have been
ally reduced. T he city has no In held to th e low est possible levels.
debtedness. The w ater system c a r D uring th e depression period th o u s
ries a bonded indebtedness of only ands of dollars in taxes became de
$16,000, reduced
from
$25,000. lin q u en t b ut because of low er taxes
School d istric t No. 14, w ith assessed and im provem ent of farm in g and
v aluation of $730 000, has reduced hUR,neM Pon(Ht,ons
these p a r tic i-
ono te-^n,e88
’a3! ' 0 0 t < °i,a r d istricts, c u rre n t tax es have
1C ......
',(‘timdeil and is bppn
, Ponstderable am nunt
of delinquencies have been paid. Tt
. is a condition of which to be proud.
— PERSONALS —
I h f tirru tia ln n ft’rra ld
HOSPITAL NOTES.
Miss M argaret E llio tt, who teach-
F our bab ‘es have arriv ed at th e
es a t Hood River, is expected in H erm iston G eneral ho sp ital since
H erm iston F rid ay evening and will Septem ber 6th. Among them are a
be the guest of Miss P au lin e Stoop. boy to Mr. and Mrs. C hester Stevens
She plans to atten d th e P endleton of S tanfield. M other an d son left
Tuesday for th e ir home. A son was
Round Uu S aturday.
born Septem ber 9th, to Mr. and
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Skeen of La Mrs. C. A. W ilson, nam ed C arm ine
G rande were over n ig h t guests of Hope. A g irl nam ed E sth e r Bell was
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Logan Sunday. born Septem ber 6th to Mr. an d Mrs.
Mr. Skeen is an in stru c to r in the II. A. K essler. On Septem ber 10th
E astern Oregon N orm al school a t La a baby g irl nam ed K ath e rin e M arie
G rande and th ey w ere en ro u te to was born to Mr. and Mrs. K enneth
Bend on business.
Pierson.
E lm er H arr and Mr. and Mrs.
K. S. B aym iller, who is employed
W alter H arr of Lew iston, Idaho, v i on th e dredge a t B oardm an w hich
sited a t th e home of Mr. an d Mrs. is being used in riv er ch an n el work,
Jackson H a rr in C olum bia d istric t is in th e hospital su ffe rin g from
over th e week end. They w ere en broken ribs an d o th e r in ju rie s re
ro u te to S eattle w here th ey intend ceived T uesday n ig h t w hen a larg e
going in to business.
plank fell on him.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Campbell and
Prof. N. K. Snyder, dean of Me-
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. F ra ser motored chanic A rts and E n g in e erin g a t
to Sunnyside, W n., last Sunday W ash in g to n S tate college a t P ull-
w here they visited a t th e home of man, le ft th e hospital last S atu rd ay
th e C am pbell’s son and fam ily, Mr. a fte r being trea ted tw o weeks fo r
and Mrs. M. D. Scroggs, who w ere in ju rie s received in an au to acci-
ce leb ratin g th e ir tw en ty -fifth wed- ¡dent n ear U m atilla. He has been
d ing an n iv ersary .
connected w ith th e college for 32
Mr. and Mrs. Squire T hom as of years.
A lbany, Ore., and form er resid en ts
Miss E lva A lbee of E agle Grove,
in Columbia d istric t, stopped over Iowa, train ed p rac tica l nurse, ar-
n ig h t Tuesday a t th e home of Mr. rived tw o w eeks ago and is doing
and Mrs. J. H. Reid in Columbia work at th e hospital. She is a sister
d istric t an d visited o th er friends. of Mrs. P au l V an O rsdale, who lives
They w ere re tu rn in g from a w eek’s west of th e U m atilla river.
O ther rep o rts of in ju rie s and p er
trip in to Idaho.
Mrs. C. W arn er an d son Cecil, Jr., sons who are ill a re as follows.
Miss B etty L an g h o rn e w as tak en
plan to leave F rid ay m o rning for
Eugene w here they w ill v isit friends to St. A n th o n y ’s ho sp ital in P en
¡over th e week end. They w ill be ac dleton m ore th a n a week ago, and
T hursday
com panied by th e Misses E d ith and u n d erw en t an o p eratio n
License Examiner Coming.
I M arg aret Clarke who w ill be stu - of last week. She is a sister-in -law
,
dents a t th e U niversity of Oregon, of W. T. T ru m b u ll of H erm iston.
B ernard Isaacs has a shoulder
£
B^ ! ^ . . e^ an:U1?,e:„ 0L 0PIT . - E d ith as a senior in physical ed u ca
tors and chauffeurs, will be in Iler- tion, and M argaret as a freshm an. and arm in a cast as th e resu lt of
i miston S aturday, Septem ber 18, at
a broken shoulder and arm received
Jo h n F in k b ein er of Connell, W n., in a m otorcycle accid en t tw o weeks
.th e City L ib rary betw een th e hours
spent
Tuesday
and
W
ednesday
at
of 10:00 a. m. and 4 :00 p. m., re
ago.
spectively, according to a recent a n th e home of his b ro th er and fam - | C larence C ram pton is su ffe rin g
September 16,17,18
ily
Mr.
and
Mrs.
R.
R.
F
in
k
b
ein
er.
nouncem ent releaseo from th e Sec He is en ro u te to A sbury Sem inary from a crushed w rist recived in an
.LOW RAIL FARES,
re ta ry of S ta te ’s office. All those a t W ilm ore, K entucky, w here he autom obile accident.
J. J. N eary suffered a broken foot
U N IO N
w ishing perm its or licenses to drive w ill enroll as a stu d e n t
'Tuesday afte rn o o n w hile employed
1ACIFII
a t Qn thfi congtruction of thp ^ rm Bu_
cars are asked to g et in touch w ith his degree. He com pleted w
W illam ette U niversity a t Salem last reau w arehouse_ wben a ,a rg e tim .
Mr. Bentley d u rin g these hours.
y ear.
ber fell on his foot.
Jack M artin, son of Mr. and Mrs.
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E. D. M artin, arriv ed S atu rd ay from
Idaho to v isit a week w ith his p a r
ents before leaving for C orvallis to
C O L U M B IA
♦
Specials for September 17th, 18th and 20th.
enroll in his senior year a t Oregon ♦
By Lola Hutchison
♦
S tate college in civil en g ineering. ♦
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He has been employed by th e Idaho ♦
ALBERS CORN FLAKES...................2 for
_____
Guy Jep p e and fam ily of Idaho vl-
Pow er Company a ll summer.
a t ,th e C harles E pperson home
Mr. and Mrs. H arold Thom pson ®ited
s t week. Mr. Jeppe is a b ro th er
FIG BA RS.................................................Lb.
plan to leave F rid ay of th is week 'la
of Mrs. E pperson.
on a vacation trip to th e coast. His
Mr. an d Mrs. R alph Fix, Mr. and
COFFEE - M ART.................................2 lbs.
fa th e r, M. L. Thompson will act as
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h i-
o h sen ce
a t M rs- Ben F ix > E ldon F ix and W ayne
p h arm acist d “,rin^
nd h L in d n er m otored to P endleton to see
th e Thompson s D rug sto re and he | thg dre8s. up parade The
EARLY RISER COFFEE.....................2 lbs.
and Mrs. Thompson w ill live in th e n fo,k atten e d th e dan(
son s house.
j. H Tabor and w j £,ogan re .
OATS - Red & W hite.....................3 lb. pkg.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McMullen and > t urned W ednesday of last week from
fam ily m otored to La G rande last an eleven day p rospecting trip
OATS - Blue & White - Cup & Saucer.........
Sunday w here th e ir dau g h tei Mai - w bjcjj took them to B u rn s an d on to
g are t securd a place to stay w hile the 8tate Qf N evada a n d re tu rn ln g
PANCAKE FLOUR - Red & W h ite.............
a tte n d in g th e E astern Oregon Nor- by L ew iston, Idaho. They covered
mal school th is w in ter. T h eir daugh- fQUpteen h undred
m iles w ith o u t
te r C ath erin e is a g rad u a te of the a \ f j a t tire or ru n n in g o ut of gas
BUCKWHEAT FLOUR - Red & W h ite.......
norm al school th e re and is now y r T abor wben asked ¡f be fQund
teach in g in th e S tanfield schools.
an y gold gajd
..No m a-am
Not
WHEAT CEREAL - Red & W h ite...............
Miss L a u re tta Dwyer of Boise, enough to h u rt anyone.
Idaho, visited a t th e home of Mr.
T helm a Shipp has been su fferin g
TAPIOCA - Red & W h ite.............................
and Mrs. A. F. R ohrm an over the front q u ite a severe case of blood
week end. re tu rn in g by plane from poisoning in her hand. At th e last
Pendleton Sunday n ig h t. Miss D w y-j rep o rt she was som ew hat improved,
er is su p rln te n d en t of p ediatrics a t
Messrs W a lte r and E lm er H arr
th e Boise hospital. She is an au n t were v isito rs a t the home of th e ir
of Mrs. Rohrm an.
uncle. Jackson H a rr last week. They
Bill Jackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. were h ere from a prospecting trip
See our display of WHEAT HEARTS
C. M. Jackson, plans to leave S atu r in M ontana, b ut a re o rig in a lly from
day m orning for F orest Grove where L ew iston, Idaho.
he will en ter Pacific U niversity as
H erb ert Boylen and son Rex were
a law stu d en t. He has a scholarship h elp in g B axter H utch iso n hay la st
week.
for two years and plans to com plete
Mrs. P earl Ja rv is, p ro p rieto r of
his degree a t th e U niversity of O re
gon law school. He will accom pa th e Colum bia Cafe in U m atilla, ac
RED * W H IT E STORE
ny his m other, and a u n t, Mrs. E. L. com panied by her son and his wife,
Free Delivery
Phone 341
Prompt, Courteous Service
Jackson, who w ill visit her d au g h w ere v isito rs in th is d istric t S u n
day.
te r Lois in P o rtlan d .
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H erm iston Union church met at t h e 1 callers a t the C hristley home Sun
home of Mrs. F. R. Moore in Colum day.
Mrs. Instone, siste r of Bob W ood
bia d istric t W ednesday afternoon,
w ith Mrs. C. R. Moore actin g as w ard. was here from H eppner S un
day.
leader. P ap ers were given by Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. B u rnham made
H. E. McCulley and Mrs. W. C. a call In th is d istric t Sunday as they
M orehouse, and Jay T. Pierson, as w ere on th e ir way to th e ir ranch on
sis ta n t county ag en t, gave a talk on th e S tan field project.
Mr. and Mrs. W a tte n b u rg e r of
th e fu tu re of ag ric u ltu re in th is
Echo w ere callin g in th is d istric t
com m unity.
O thers
present were Sunday aftern o o n .
Mrs. H enry Hooker, Mrs. O. H. Buell.
Mr. and Mrs. W a lte r Blessing of
Mrs. Ellis. Miss M ary Ellis. Mrs. J. P o rtlan d a re v isito rs a t th e Gus
Scott, Mrs. Chas. E pperson, Mrs. L in d er hom e th is week. Mrs. Bles
M athew Gordon and Miss Opal sin g is th e d a u g h te r of Mrs. Linder,
j N ina R ae McCulley an d A nne Som
Stockard.
! m erer retu rn ed home from th e S tate
F a ir S atu rd ay .
More locals on page one.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude U pham , ac
com panied by Mrs. B ax ter H u tc h i
son. atten d e d th e Morrow County
F a ir at Irrig o n S aturday.
Eldon Fix left Sunday n ig h t for
S p rin g field . Ore., w here he w ill a c t
as coach an d teach er in th e S pring-
field h igh school.
Mrs. E pperson's siste r from Sea
side was a v isito r a t th e Epperson
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Used Cars
LOW FARES LIKE
THESE MAKE THE
TRIP COST LESS
THAN SAS AND OIL
FOR YOUR CAR
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PENDLETON . S 85
SALT LAKE . . 10.95
DENVER . . . . 17.05
OMAHA.............24.00
KANSAS CITY 28.95 ÿ
CHICAGO . . . . 29 50
Pendleton Round Up
September 16-18
TO
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fast trips daily. All-paved scan!«
Highway.
Slop ovor wharavar you wish, at no
axtra far*.
Trade In
Extra savings and long ratum limit«
an round-trip tickat«.
Smart, easy-riding butas with radin-
ing chair«.
Complata traval information, foldara,
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H Sharing in Recovery**
At each stage of recovery, helping to make
the next stage possible, banks extend cre
dit. As individuals and business firms uti
lize loanable funds, commercial expansion
gathers headway.
We are prepared to grant loans — on a
sound basis — to borrowers according to
their requirements, and to work hand in
hand with them as business horizons broad-
en.
If at this time you or your business can use
additional funds to advantage, we invite
you to come in and talk to one of our offi
cers.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HERMISTON
F. B. SWAYZE, P resid en t
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
home la st week.
Mr. an d Mrs. H en ry Hooker, ac
com panied by Lois H utchison, a t
tended th e M issouri picnic a t the
W ildroot P ark in W alla W alla Sun
d au g h ter M ary W ard
of F o rest
Grove spent a few days v isitin g a t
th e J. H. Reid hom e d u rin g fa ir
week. The M itchells are form er res
idents of th is com m unity.
day.
D inner gu ests a t th e D uane L ath
Mrs. H ugh N eill w as a v isito r a t rop home Sunday of la st w eek were
th e hom e of h er p are n ts, Mr. an d Mr. and Mrs. A lb ert H asse of L a-
Mrs. L ester H am m er F rid a y a fte r G rande, Mrs. Max G raybeal an d son
noon.
Ju n io r and F aye G ard n er of U m atil
Mrs. F o rre st Moore w as v isitin g la.
her m other and sister a t th e home
Mrs. Joe Udey is 111 a t h e r home'
of Mrs. A nna S m ith la st week.
th is week.
Lois H utch iso n sp en t Sunday a f
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Reid spent a
ternoon v isitin g Miss Lois A rm strong few days in P o rtlan d th is week on
of W alla W alla.
business.
Mr. an d Mrs. C harles Epperson
Miss B arb ara Reid was visiting-
w ere in P endleton F rid ay .
Mrs. Jam es Sm ith a t th e D uane
Mr. an d Mrs. Wm. Mikesell and L ath ro p home Tuesday.
Hermiston Mercantile Co-op
FRI. - SAT. - MON. - SPECIALS
NETTED GEM POTATOES........... sack $ 1 . 2 5
SODA CRACKERS....................... ........ 7 lbs. £ 9 C
BULK PEANUT BUTTER ............... 2 lbs. 2 $ C
BULK MACARONI .......... ............ . 4 lbs. 2 5 c
HONEY......................................... 5 lb. pails 4 9 c
FIG BA RS............................................. 2 lbs. 2 5 C
CO-OP C O FFEE................................ ...... lb. 2 9 c
WAX P A P E R ............................... ......... .......
9C
HOLLYWOOD GELATINE........... .............
WESTAG IMITATION VANILLA..... 8 oz. 2 5 c
WAVERLY COCOA...........................2 lbs. J 9 C
BORENE BAR SOAP ...................................
Kg
FELDMAN’S NAPTHA SOAP ...................
Kg
BORENE ............................ With Premiums
PUREX ................................................. quart
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11 « r« » undar »n»
roof E ih t b ir i of
pure bred llve-
•lork.Dogi.Pouliry,
Pet S»o«k, W ild lif».
Manufactured urd
lo rd Prcduci. 4-H
Club an d Sraitb
Hugh», Vocational
alvo Hocto Show and
IA R O 1 P R IM I
LOW F O R E S - O il
Lines
j
A sk A b o u t O u r
Coo Coo Clock
Deal
OTHER ITEMS ON OUR WINDOWS AND
SIGN BOARD.