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.
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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
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John Michael, have left the Pendleton
hospital and are staying a few days
at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Swaney.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Justinson of
Kent stopped here to visit friends
Wednesday from Freewater where
they had been visiting a few days
with his brother, Harry Justinson |
and family.
David Lavender, o f Longview,
Washington, is here visiting a few
days at the home of his grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mustard.
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.
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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
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