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THURSDAY. AUGUST 21, 1941 THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON. OREGON PAGE FOUR The Hermiston Herald Published Every Thursday at Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon. Alfred Quiring and Leander Quiring, Publishers. Entered at the post office at Hermiston as Second Class Matter, Dec. 1906, Umatilla County, Oregon. Subscription Rates $2.00 One Year.................................. 1.00 Six Months ............................... .50 Three Months ........................... Payable in Advance 2051 Office Telephone 2333 Residence Telephone Oat Plans HOW IT HAS BEEN DONE When the problem of housing 3000 to 5000 work ers and their families was presented eight months ago to Hermiston and vicinity it seemed a moment ous task. At present various means of shelter have been provided for approximately 4500 men and 2500 families, and aside from a few men who spent the night in bed rolls and a few persons who have searched in vain for a room overnight, no emergency has arisen. The crowd of nearly 10,000 men, women and children seems contentedly adapted to the plan of good wages and the general living conditions pro vided. In brief and with reasonable accuracy how the job of housing has been done may be summarized. In the beginning the government erected 83 houses in Her miston and 17 at the Ordnance Depot. Since then private capital has built about the same number of comfortable housing units in Hermiston and an ad ditional number of camp cabins, single room lumber “shacks” or apartments making a total of 250 or more in Hermiston. The government has provided barracks at the Depot for 750 single men and army tents for a like number. In and near about Hermis ton are 23 trailer and tent house camps under friend ly shade trees. These camps have from ten to 50 units in each, with water, electricity and approved sanitary conditions. Within a radius of five miles of Hermis ton are a dozen more such camps, one with 92 units, and under many trees on farms are scattered scores of trailers and tents and tent houses. Not less than 1000 of these are set up within two to ten miles of the Ord nance Depot. At Stanfield are about 30 new houses and 40 or 50 trailer and tent houses, and in Umatilla and Irrigon and Echo similar provisions have been made for living quarters. The farthest distances com muted are to Lexington, Heppner, Pendleton, Pasco and Walla Walla, where a few workers have found houses. Within the territory strictly known as the west end of Umatilla county and northern Morrow county are 1800 homes, town and rural, and all houses are occupied and many rooms rented from which workers drive daily to the Ordnance field. A tour over the territory shows that about 75 to 80 per cent of this working population resides within the Hermiston Union High school district and that school busses will have heavy loads from every di rection when the school doors are opened, which is only another problem this community is meeting with care and precision. Not until colder weather sets in, which steps up by slow and warning degrees of frosty mornings, will there be need of concern as to the welfare of any of our new neighbors, and perhaps greater provisions be made. Today the contract for oiling the accès» road to the depot is to be let and a comfort to 3000 cars will be added. And all the while the work of constructing igloos is progressing with wonderful After all it’s surprising what has been done by such small communities, in such scattered areas, working so cooperatively with the government. “It do beat ail" what Americans, through democratic spirit and impulses, can do for the defense program to protect our American way of life. Right now, in this small world of ours, we can see over the top of one of the biggest defense jobs in the West, and the story is now ready for some big magazine writer to tell how the task has been accomplished. The Carpentry Shop IN HERMISTON For All Types Concrete and Masonry Work R. G. Garrett Will Do All Types of Cabinet Work. General Contracting or Building. Phone 2962 4-H MEMBERS GET MARKETING LESSON FROM LAMB SALES UMATILLA NEWS By Mrs. Glenn Ostrom Mr. and Mrs. John Bray and fam ily of Ukiah were Saturday visitors BAKER The Danish system of at the home of his parents, Mr. and judging livestock was used for the Mrs. W. T. Bray. James Byrnes and daughter, Joan, first time at a lamb show in Oregon Mrs. Ray Brandon and two daugh here recently at the annual 4-H club ters, Barbara and Myrna Rae spent fat lamb show sponsored by the Thursday in Pendleton shopping. Glenn Miller of Kennewick re O.S.C. extension service. The new turned to his home Sunday after a method of judging combined with oth- few days spent here visiting Allan er features to make this year’s fat Hiatt. Mrs. Glenn Ostrom and son, Gary I lamb show an effective method of ed Dean, were Friday dinners guests of ucation in the fundamentals of live Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rrankin in Her stock marketing, said P. T. Fortner, miston. county agricultural agent. James Byrnes and daughter, Joan, More than 100 fat lambs were sep- and Mildred Smith were visitors at i arated into several market grades by the home of his daughter, Mrs. Don Harryman and family in Kennewick Harry Lindgren, extension animal Friday. | husbandman. The Danish method of Mrs. Alma Bowman returned to I judging provides for the grading of her home in Arlington Thursday af I animals into groups according to ter spending a few days here with her daughter, Mrs. H. M. Smith and their value for the use intended. In family. Mrs. Smith and son. Donald, the case of fat lambs usual grades and daughter, Donna, took her to Ar are choice, good and medium with lington, going on to Portland where segregations made according to con she spent until Sunday at the home of her brother and family. She was firmation, finish and weight. Out accompanied to Gresham by a sister, standing lambs were selected from Miss Alma Bowman Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Shane and Mr. the choice group for special recogni and Mrs. Albert Winstwin of Gales tion as extra choice lambs. burg, Illinois, left for their home The extension service officials be i Sunday after spending a few days lieve that this method of judging 1 here visiting at the homes of their livestock will gain in popularity and sisters, Mrs. Edna Slattery and Mrs. use and that this type of show has Ernest Reeves. Their mother, Mrs. Ed Winder, also of Galesburg, who outstanding educational value since had arrived before the girls is re the club members can observe how maining to visit with her daughters well their lambs meet present mar- for some time. Jim Sharp of Pendleton was a ket demands. visitor here Sunday. At the end of the show a lamb sale business Mr. and Mrs. George McNabb of i was held at which the best 49 lambs Boardman were in Umatilla visiting were sold individually at auction, Friday. Dan Ford spent Saturday and while the remainder were sold accord ing to grade, affording club mem- Sunday in The Dalles visiting his father, Al Ford and family. | bers a chance to observe the usual Leta Myers of Pendleton was a commercial practices. A second lot of visitor here Saturday and Sunday. Peter Farely attended the Heppner lambs owned by Baker county 4-H I club members will be sold three or Rodeo in Heppner Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rodenbough four weeks after the first show, when and son, Keith, spent Monday in | they have reached proper market Pendleton. James Byrnes and daughter, Joan, quality. Livestock authorities compare the spent Sunday and Monday in The Dalles visiting his wife and daugh marketing of meat animals with the ter at the daughter's Mrs. Paul marketing of strawberries. They say Walsh’s home. Joan remained and i that certain lambs are ready to sell at will accompany her mother to Port a certain time, just as some straw- land. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clark left last j berries are ready to be picked. If week for a two weeks’ vacation in green or over ripe berries are offered California. Mr. Clark is away from for sale the grower loses, and, sim his duties at the Western Union. Rex Moses and Ray Brandon spent ilarly, if lambs are sold that are not Saturday evening and Sunday fish ready for market the producer pays ing in a lake near Lostine. for the error. Mrs. Earl Shaw received word of a son born to her daughter and son- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Lane in EXPORT CAOPS IN Spokane. Faye Gardner and Everett Ervin OREGON SHARPLY spent Sunday fishing in the moun tains near Ukiah. REDUCED LATELY Mr. and Mrs. Frank Morgan and daughter, Jo Ann, of Salem are Oregon’s agriculture has suffered | spending a few days here visiting at the home of her sister and family, severe losses through the gradual but Mr. and Mrs. Ben Spencer, Edyth almost total elimination of export Anne Spencer, who has been visit outlets for some of the principal ing her aunt in Salem for the past crops of this state, even though two weeks returned with them to her home. the growers have gone far in reduc Harold Regele returned last week ing the acreage of export-type crops, from Portland where he and his fam the Oregon state land use planning ily had been spending a week. Mrs. committee points out in its summary Regele and son remained at the home her parents for another week in of present conditions and recommen- of Portland where she and the little boy dations for the immediate future. are receiving medical attention. Wheat, prunes, apples and pears Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Eddy and child are the principal export crops of this ren of Lookout Mountain, near Hepp state. During the past decade wheat ner. came Sunday and are visiting at the Roscoe Williams home. Mr. Eddy acreage has been reduced approxi- . returned to his work but Mrs. Eddy matly 24 per cent, prunes 26 per remained for a longer visit. Emol Peterson, cook on the Cap cent, apples 55 per cent, and pears 10 per cent. This means that Ore tain Al James, is here visiting at the I home of his sister, Mrs. Hugh Van gon’s export crops, which formerly Schoiack. accounted for approximately 30 per Mrs. John O’Gorham and son. cent of the total farm acreage, now occupy only approximately 20 per cent. How to become There remain approximately S00,. 000 acres of wheat, 41,400 acres of prunes, 14,100 acres of apples, and 19,000 acres of pears. Under normal conditions, approximately one-third of the production of this total acre- age would go to foreign markets, with two-thirds used in the United By RAY W. SHERMAN States. Courtny of the The state committee considered FORD GOOD DRIVERS LEAGUE each one of these crops as to the (EDITOR’S NOTE: We believe many motorists in this community would drive bet problems involved and possible action ter If they knew better how to drive. In the to be taken. Much of the Columbia interest of safety, we will publish from time to time excerpts from the book. "How to basin is ideally suited to continue Become a Skilled Driver,” written for the Ford Good Drivers League by Ray W. Sher wheat production and unsuited to di- man, noted authority on driving. These ex- cerpts are reprinted through courtesy of tho versified crops, the committee points out A number of its recommenda tions for 1942 concerning wheat have already been put into effect by the AAA, including close correlation of acreage reduction with soil conserva tion, increase in loan values to nearer parity, and reduction of acreage al lotment for 1942 to the minimum provided by law. Numerous other IE A GOOD SPORT recommendations were made looking A good driver has to be a good to the future. sport. When he notices another car Further reduction in apple acre trying to pass him in traffic, he les- sens his speed and lets the other age through the elimination of vari- fellow in. Why not let him pass? eties not now in demand is recom- It’s evident he ia driving faster than mended, while change in pear acre you care to. But that’s his business, age might be limited to removal of not yours. Safety requires that you give a little. Immdiate and drastic If the light turns green, you theo improvement in prune quality is nec retically have the right of way, but essary to save the prune industry, don’t take it for g.anted. Maybe that fellow coming up the street has the committee reported. poor brakes. Maybe his eyesight is bad. In any event, make sure he's going to atop. If a pedestrian decides to cross the street in the flow of traffic, the driver must know how to handle the emer gency. To a skilled driver, only one person has the "right of way” and that is the other fellow." Be a good sportsman. A SKILLED DRIVER sa ••-000099099999099989$$9**9**********$00909999099 ? 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Robert French, of Klamth Falls, is here for two weeks to visit his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Blakely while his mother is camp manager at the Klamath Falls Camp Fire Girls camp at Lake of Woods. | The Beulah Chapter of Eastern Star held a picnic at Pasco Wednes day afternoon. There were around 150 present at the affair which was held at Volunteer Park. Leonard DeFord was driving a mower which belongs to Bert Wat tenberg from the lower Wattenberg field to the John Blair residence, when a car, driven by a Mr. McDoug all, went to pass another car and side-swiped the mower. The mower was overturned, one horse received was overturned, one horse rpceived a broken leg. making it necessary to shoot it, and Mr. De Ford was some what bruised. The car was also dam aged to some extent. Bessie Dexter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Dexter and Floyd Hubbs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hubbs of Weiser, Idaho, were mar ried August 11 in Weiser, Idaho. Mrs. Hubbs is to teach at North Powder again this fall and Mr. Hubbs is working at the munitions depot. A group of friends here and of Pasco and Kennewick gathered at the Sacajawea State Park on the Snake river Sunday and helped Mrs. H. B Hull and O. P. Miller, whose birth days were Monday, and Nancy Ol son, whose birthday was Sunday, cel ebrate their anniversaries with a potluck picnic. Friends going from here were Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hull, Mr. and Mrs. Max Graybeal and son. Max, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tucker, Mrs. E. McKenzie, Mrs. Art Bousquet, Mrs. Ervin Chapman and daughter, Frances. Teddy Keith of Kennewick is here visiting a week at the John Kinney home. He accompanied Frank Kin ney home, who had been visiting the past week at Kennewick. Virgil Johnson, Herbert Johnson and Ervin Chapman spent Saturday evening and Sunday near Baker fishing. Mrs. Claudia Gahn of Palo Alto, California, is visiting her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Gahn and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Salkeld and daughters, Joan, Sandra and Sylvia left Friday for Portland where they will make their home. Mr. and Mrs. Eller’s have taken their house. SMART MONEY KNOWS INHERE TO . GO AFTER READING THE ADS, I. ! i HlS SPARER Investigate! Consider! AAkáááááááááAAA Every farming operation costs so much per acre and when you reduce that cost per acre, it means more profit for you. John Deere Tractors have been making more profit for their owners for many years, through their low-cost fuel burning ability, low up-keep costs and their all round dependability. Consider the accessibility, this alone means dollars to you especially when you are on a job where time means a profit or a loss to you. Many repair jobs on a John Deere mean only a few minutes lost, in comparison with similar jobs on any other make of tractor. For instance the clutch can be removed and relined in 15 minutes, piston rings can be in stalled in 2 hours, brakes removed and relined in one hour, power shaft installed in 30 minutes and many other repairs made in same short per iods of time. John Deere now has a smaller chopper and feed mill, built just the same as our 114 rough- age mill which has proved so popular. This new mill is known as the 110 roughage mill, just the mill for the smaller type tractors. We will en deavor to have one of these mills in operation at the fair. Be sure to stop and look it over. Braden-Bell Tractor & Equipment Co. Pendleton, Oregon zine .
