The Hermiston Herald
Published Every Thursday at
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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A MEDAL FOR HERMISTON
(Reprinted from East Oregonian)
It is unfair tor people or newspapers to criticize
Hermiston for shortcomings in connection with work
on the ordnance depot. The Hermiston people have
worked heroically to do their part towards handling
a tremenduous job and they have worked intelligent
ly. Furthermore they have succeeded thus far in get
ting by without unusual sickness or a major crime.
Hermiston as a town is entitled to credit for having
done so well.
Who is to blame for the lack of proper housing we
do not know but it is plainly not the fault of Hermis
ton or other people in the west end of the county.
The government is building a $12,000,000 defense
project in a desert area and should have arranged
for housing, through the contractor, otherwise. It is
not difficult to build comfortable and sanitary tem
porary quarters for workers and their families. That
has been done time and again all over the west, us
ually without vast expenditure. Naturally quarters
should have been provided for families because mar
ried men need work more than do single men and
they like to have their families with them. When a
man has to pay for board and room for himself and
maintain his family elsewhere he is subjected to a
double expense. We note that the federal govern
ment is expending $9,000,000 to provide homes for
workers in Seattle. Why no homes for workers placed
in a desert area in Oregon?
Our guess is that the engineers in charge of the
ordnance depot did everything in their power to se
cure proper results but found the red tape too slow in
unwinding. Some of our excellent social workers are
more experienced in the use of six bit words than in
getting things done. Yet they are not necessarily to
blame for they are under rules and regulations not of
their own making, though there are supposed to be
coordinating officers to straighten out emergency
problems. If not, why not?
After all the purpose of the job near Hermiston is
to build an ordnance base and it is being built with
speed and efficiency. That is a triumph, not a failure,
and if the valet service is disappointing do not forget
that the early settlers of the west, and most of the
rest of us, had to trim our own fingernails.
Nor should we expect perfection from our own
government in war time or at any other time. It is not
possible in America or
When Captain
John Paul Jones, our greatest revolutionary war sea
fighter, tried to get a ship with which to fight the
British he had enough woe to drive any man crazy
but he got his ship, he borrowed cast off cannon for
it, rustled a crew himself and captured the Serapis
though his own ship, the Bon Homme Richard, was
sunk.
We mention Mr. Jones’ difficulties to show that
even in the good old days mistakes were made and
there
than in any other town of it
States.
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United
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with Dollars Saved
PORTLAND
$3.60
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more pleasant way to save for
Defense Bonds than to do all
your traveling this fall bv luxur.
San Francisco $12.60
Los Angeles $17.60
better, enjoy it more, at leu than
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Seattle
the cost of driving.
$5.15
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Hermiston, Ore.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1941
THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON.
PAGE FOUR
Phone 2271
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WRITER TELLS OF
INTERESTING TRIP
TO SKAGIT CANYON
pot with its service to the City of
Seattle at a very low rate, the Skagit
Tour, the beauty of the gardens, etc.,
are all the vision of a great man, J.
I). Ross, engineer, mathematician,
dreamer, who loved his fellow men
and found his happiness in serving
them.
The Public Ownership League, of
which Dr. Carl D. Thompson was the
found and of which J. D. Ross was
a member, has received a new impe-
tus and inspiration from this conven-
tion and tour and will long be re-
membered by the participants.
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The caravan proceeded then to Ta
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coma where it was joined by others
ANY OTHER METHOD OF MONEY
and the day was taken up by meet
ings of delegates where resolutions
TRANSFERRING.
pertaining to the bills now before
By Elaine Either
Congress relating to administration
of Columbia Valley Autority and oth
The North Morrow County Fair |
THE SAVING WILL BE
er matters were considered and acted was held here Friday and Saturday.
There was a fine display of farm
upon.
stuff, fruit, fancy work, quilts, etc.
WORTHWHILE
A luncheon was held at noon where There was also a good display of live
women, active in the public power stock of all kinds. The board deserves
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movement in the northwest were in great credit for their hard and faith
ful work in getting it ready at such
troduced.
short notice.
The banquet held in the evening at
Mr. Potts passed away at his home
the Elks Temple was attended by 590 Saturday after a long illness. The I
persons and Secretary of the Inter funeral was held at The Dalles Wed 4 »
nesday afternoon with Rev. J. K.
ior Harold L. Ickes was the principal Walpole
F. B. SWAYZE. President
in charge. A son was expect
speaker of the evening. Dr. Raver ed to arrive from Oklahoma for the
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
and wife, Dr. Carl D. Thompson of funeral. He is survived by his wife
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Mrs. Jóhn Boettiger of the Seattle, where.
Mr. and Mrs. Tannehill of Califor- and starting on hills and general care
attend any classes.
P. I., Ray Gill and Henry Carsten nia are guests at the home of his
sen, Masters of the Oregon and brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and of the car. At the first session, the
instructor outlines the work to be
I'. S. CIVIL SERVICE EXAM
Washington State G l anges rsepect- Mrs. Clyde Tannehil.
Essie Jones of Pendleton was hers covered in the school and discusses
The United States
Service
ively, Dr. J. A. Rosenkranz and Hen
for the week-end.
rules and regulations pertaining to Commission announces the following
ry Veith of the National School, Los
The community is giving a recep-
Angeles, California, Mr. Barkely and tion Saturday evening in honor of the operation of motor vehicles in open competitive examination:
CLASSIFIED LABORER
wife, representing Gov. Olson of Cal the golden wedding anniversary of Oregon. All subsequent classes fea
ture instruction with the student at
This examination is for the purpose
ifornia, and representatives from Mr. and Mrs. F. Barlow.
the wheel of his car.
of filling existing and future vacan
Chicago, Illinois, Lincoln, Nebraska,
“The operation of an automobile in cies in the U. S. Quartermaster Corps,
Detroit, Michigan, Columbus, Ohio, DRIVING SCHOOL
the complicated traffic of today in War Department, Pendleton Air
and other states were among those
ANNOUNCED HERE
volves more than the mere knowledge Base, Pendleton, Oregon, and U. S.
present.
of shifting gears and steering,” Snell Quartermaster Corps, War Depart
Oregon was well represented by
Students of the Hermiston high declared. “In order to be a safe driv ment, Hermiston, Oregon.
representatives from different R. E.
Applications must be on file with
A.’s and P. U. D.’s, as was the state school will be offered the opportun er, today’s motorist must thoroughly
of Washington. Many grangers also ity of learning to drive an automobile understand traffic regulations and the Manager, Eleventh U. S. Civil
| in a modern safety driving school the responsibilities attendant to using Service District, Post Office Build
were present.
when a seven-weeks course will be the public thoroughfares. Through- ing. Seattle. Washington, not later
The following two days were taken | I started here September 19, under
out the driving school sound practices than October 6, 1941.
up by the Skagit tour, which begins |
auspices of Earl Snell, secretary of of safe driving are stressed and strict
Full information may be obtained
with boarding the City of Seattle R. state, it was announced today. Mr. observance of traffic regulations are
from the Secretary, Board of U. S.
R. train at Rockport, its depot, and Snell sponsors these schools as a part emphasized. In addition, the many
Civil Service Examiners. Post Office,
traveling 23 miles to Gorge Plant, of his state-wide traffic safety pro little points connected with expert
Enterprise. Heppner, Hermiston, La
where the Gorge Power House is lo gram.
driving are explained and demon Glande, or Pendleton, Oregon, or
cated. Gorge camp is equipped with
Students 15 years of age or older strated so that the beginner learns from the Manager, Eleventh U. S.
large buildings which were used by are eligible to enroll, registrations to the right way to drive instead of pick Civil Service District, Post
Office
the w’orkers building the dam. power be left at the high school. Each pupil ing up bad habits which are some Building. Seattle, Washington.
house, etc., which supplies the “City must furnish his own car, but no times difficult to overcome.”
Light” of Seattle with electricity.
driver’s license is required for the
Classes are held each week during
OUT OF TOWN
These buildings are now used to course. Cars must be driven to and the course, one phase of driving be
house excursionists taking the Skag from the school by licensed operat- ing taken up at each session. Between
PRINTERS PAY
it tour during the summer. Oppor ors, however.
classes, students are expected to prac
NO TAXES HERE
tunity is given for inspection of J. D.
Instruction is given in the proper tice in order to master the various
LET US DO YOUR
Roas’ rock gardens, extending to quite method of starting a motor, use of the steps as they go along. A competent |
PRINTING
a height on the side of a mountain J clutch, shifting gears, turning and instructor is in charge of the work at
and laid out with winding trails and 1 backing, parallel parking, stopping all times and parents are invited to HERMISTON HERALD
steps hewn out of rock, benches and
platforms for rest, and illuminated
with various colored lights all along
the path, making a beautiful spec
tacle of the many wonderful plants
and flowers sent to J. I). Ross from
all over the world.
At the top of the rock garden trail.
I one pauses to enjoy the unsurpassed
small
picture of Ladder Falls,
stream that rises in a glacier on the
| shoulder of Pyramid Peak and tum
bles downward for 4,000 feet in a ser
ies of waterfalls over granit cliffs
and into granite pools. At night the
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; spray of the falls and the moss cov-
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t red boulders are illuminated in all
! the changing colors of the rainbow,
leaking a spectacle never to be for
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gotten.
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The next morning the trip to Di-
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cars
ablo Dam is made in elec
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which climb along the cliffs
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roaring Skagit river for seven miles |
at
of wonderful mountain scenery to Re-
ch
flection Bar.
•pi.
This is a small flat in the bend
Oh,
of the river and the site of the Di- 1
House. An inclined rail-
day designed to lift the heaviest load- 1
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HERMISTON
You can have this
ECONOMY
ON YOUR FARM
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Cler
or e
of ,
a landing 313 feet above on the moun
tain side, when a walk of 200 yards |
brings them to a point where the
full panorama of Diablo Canyon. Di
ablo Dam, and the reservoir beyond
spread before the eye.
A boat trip carries the tourists
ross Diablo Lake and four miles
into the Skagit Canyon to Ross Dam.
presenting a panorama of snow cap-
ped paks and glaciers of indescrib-
able grandeur. Ross Dam is at the
upper end of Diablo Lake where the
boat turns to come back to Diablo
Dam. The first step of Ross Dam
has been completed. This structure
will be 653 feet high and form a lake
30 miles long, extending into Can-
| ada.
During the trip to Ladder Falls
and during the boat ride on the lake.
one hears strains of grand music, ap-
parently emanating from the moun-
tains surrounding the scene, but in
reality coming from phonograph rec
ords with loudspeakers and wiring in
genuously placed on the mountain
sides.
The trip from Rockport and re-
turn, with three meals, room for the
night, the trips on electric cars, and
on boat, a colored movie of the Skagit
Tour, all for $4.05 causes one to in
quire why and how?
The answer is this—this munici-
pally owned power site, R R. and de-
HE rock-bottom fuel economy of John
Deere Tractors, demonstrated again and
again in various tests throughout the coun
try . . . proved by the experience of thou
sands of farmers ... is again verified by the
results of the tractor economy matches held
at Cherokee, Iowa, early in September.
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John Deere Tractors, burning the low-coat
fuels, romped home with first, second,
third, fourth, and fifth placet in the rubber-
tired events, and with first and second places
in the steel-wheeled contesta.
Here are the resulta:
RUBBER-TIRED TRACTOR CLASS
PUco
IM
2nd
3rd
4th
Make »f Trufter
John
John
lohn
John
John
Deere
Deere
Deere
Deere
Deere
“H”
"H”
“A”
“H”
“H”
Contestant
John Patterson
Lyle Mason
Laurence Kohns
Laurence Gummow
F mo I Cut per GdHtr
8.24
7.54
8.20
8.24
8.24
Fuel Cost por Acre
9.36c
9.554
10.74
10.84
Gernis Boothby
12.14
Ths fusi cost of the next nearest entry was 20.7 cents per acre— 71 per cent higher.
Some entries ran more than twice as high as the John Deere.
5th
1st
$1 EEL-WHEELED TRACTOR CLASS
John Deere “A1
Harvey Fick
John Deere "B'
Marvin Mann
86
Fuel economy like this is a conclusive
demonstration of the real money to bo
saved by using low-cost fuels in John Deere
two-cylinder Tractors. And the reason for
this economy is exclusive John Deere two-
cylinder engine design . , , after seventeen
126
years
ears still the m
most practical development
in farm tractors,
Tou want this same economy on your
own farm. Enjoy it this year and for many
years to come with a John Deere Two-Cyl
inder Tractor. See us today.
Braden-Bell Tractor &
Equipment Co.
Pendleton, Oregon