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OREGON NEWS AND COMMENTS. The ■/■/a.tmLiton etald OFFICIAL UMATILLA COUNTY PAPER VOLVME XXXV VERNON WILLIAMS PORTLAND The mid-winter Press conference held last week in Eugene, brought forth some very interesting discussions. Many vital problems are now confronting editors and publish ers of weekly newspapers in Oregon which they will have to meet. Among others, representatives of the army and navy intelligence units addressed the conference, which was well at tended considering the severe weath er those traveling to the meeting had to contend with. The military let it be known that all war news, especial ly the movement of troops, etc., which would give aid to the enemy to “ta- boo.” So, hereafter for the duration, if you don’t see such news and many other items in your home town paper don’t blame the editor. He is coop erating 100 per cent. Another fore gone conclusion is that the publisher will be compelled to advance the price of subscription and advertising rates of his paper if he is to stay in the business. Mounting costs of news print, labor and all other materials have forced such a move. Another hard blow to the publisher is the can cellation of some national advertising accounts caused by the priorities di version of the goevrnment which has prohibited the manufacturing of many new articles, such as automo biles, frigidaires, etc., for the dura tion of the war. Heretofore such manufacturers have been substantial advertising accounts in weekly pa pers. All in all, the publishers will have a mighty tough row to hoe for many months to come. Now is an excellent time for large and small business interests of each community to give support to their home town paper through advertising. People have more money to spend now than they have had for years. They are sure to buy if merchants will carry the message to them through adver- tisi ng. This isn’t a sales talk this writer is trying to put over to readers of the Herald, but, on the contrary, just a plain case of facts. The peo- | pie of Hermiston and surrounding communities know the Herald has al ways supported the community and its interests. So let the many good turns rendered in the past by your home town paper, deserve in return, some good turns now. Quite a few dignitaries attended the Press conference. Gov. Sprague delivered the main address. Inciden- tally, a few of his lieutenants milled around among the publishers, keeping their ears cocked for any political opinions which might be expressed, but there was little political talk. The able, efficient, politically wise Peggy Phillips, secretary to Earl Snell, was also on the scene and no doubt picked up some valuable information for her boss. Scouts for other potential can didates were in attendance, but the publishers turned a deaf ear to any talk except their own business prob lems. Alice Barber, hill-billy column ist for several valley dailies, stole the show with her humorous tak, which "wowed" the conference. The gratify- ing success of the conference was due in no small part to the excellent man agement by Harry Schenk, manager for the Oregon Editorial association. • • • Another good sized job the publish ers were called upon to do, is to can vass their towns, listing small manu facturers who might be in a position to turn out defense materials. The military is of the opinion that there are many small plants and shops in Oregon which could be manufactur ing parts for war supplies. Portland is to have a permanent exhibit of de fense needs which small manufactur ers are urged to look over with a view of contracting to supply some of our war needs. Here is a real op- portunity for many communities in Oregon to get in on defense work and it should not be overlooked. TIRE RATIONING TO BEGIN SOON BY WEST END BOARD HERMISTON, VMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON. JANUARY 15, 1942. NUMBER 22 Hermiston Union High Basketball Squad HERMISTON VOTERS TO VOICE OPINIONS AT BOND ELECTION AVERAGE CITIZEN TO BE MINUS TIRES Umatilla county will have three tire rationing committees located at and Pendleton, Milton-Freewater Hermiston to administer the tire sales restriction measure now being enforced by the government. The west end board consists of N. R. Mueller of Hermiston, and Claude Meyers and Kate Stanfield, both of Echo. This district is comprised of the district from Cold Springs south to the county line with headquarters of the local board at the office of the assistant county agent at Hermiston. At a recent meeting of this com mittee the following inspectors’were chosen: Walt Pearson, Hermiston: Harry Gurdane, Umatilla; Muri Ber ry, Echo, and J. W. Gossage, Stan field. It will be the duties of these men to judge the necessity of new tires of those applying. Umatilla county is apportioned a certain quantity of tires and tubes each month. All dealer stocks are frozen and can be sold only upon a certificate issued by one of the tire rationing boards. Sale of tires are restricted to certain professions as regards cars and to certain lines of business as regards trucks. In general the person qualified to purchase tires may secure an appli cation blank from any business house handling tires and present this to the board. His present equipment will then be examined and if certified by the examiner and if tires of the size required are available, a certificate will be issued. Application blanks are now available. A person receiv ing a certificate may purchase the tires required at any business house handling tires. No charge will be made for the examination or for the issuance of a certificate. The cars eligible under the tire ra- (Continued on last page* HERMISTON WINS TWO FROM HELIX SEWER AND WATER PROJECTS PLANNED "TAUHs .16', Pictured above is the H. H. S. Bull- dogs’ basketball team. From left to right are: (top row) Jerry Coxen, Richard Rugg, Francis Foss, Gene Miller, Ray Holloman, Kenny Elwood, (Bottom row) Bernard Cullen, Les- ter Wilcox, Lowell Tiller, Bill Buck num, Jim Naughton, Carl Longhorn and Coach Ray Critchfield. Since this picture was taken Gene Miller has joined the army and Francis Foss and J. Coxen have dropped basketball. —Cut Courtesy The Bulldog BOY SCOUTS TO GATHER PAPER U.S.O. BUILDING DEDICATED HERE TUESDAY EVENING FARMERS URGED TO SAVE SCRAP IRON Hermiston housewives who have been faithfully gathering old news papers, magazines and other scrap paper during the past week, will be interested to learn that this will be picked up within the very near fu ture. Melvin Follett, assistant Scout master, will head the drive and is now arranging with the various stores to give available space where paper may be left. In any case, housewives who have been fretting because their back porches and basements have been lit- tered with waste paper can rest as- sured that the situation will bè cleared up within a few days. ELEANOR STEINER LOSES RIGHT EYE The Hermiston Bulldogs have found In one of those odd accidents which one team they can defeat and conse are always hard to explain, Miss El- quently made it two in a row over the Helix Grizzlies by taking a 24-19 de- eanor Steiner of Pendleton lost her cisión on the local court Tuesday eve- right eye Sunday. Miss Steiner and ning. Coach L. S. Burrell’s grade I Hugo Pankow Jr. were just leaving team won a 24-4 contest in the pre church services and entering their i ar when she accidentally bumped he' liminary. The Bulldogs missed innumerable head on the door. The impact broke lay-in shots in the feature contest but her glasses and a piece of glass pierc far outshone the visitors in their floor ed her eyeball. Following a quick examination, she game. The Bulldogs eked out a narrow 13 was flown to Portland but an opera to 12 victory at Irrigon last Thurs tion Monday failed to save her sight in the right eye. Miss Steiner, who day night. is a daughter of Nick Steiner of Her miston, attended local schools and HAY PRICES ARE graduated from righ school two years ago. She was May Queen in MUCH HIGHER her senior year. For the past few years she has been Hay prices in the west end of the a nurse in Pendleton. county have been steadily advancing in the past few weeks. Due to fall rains the loss in the second and third cuttings was quite heavy, cutting the production considerably. Fall sales averaged around $7 and $8 per ton but have now advanced to $13 and $15 per ton. At the present time there is little hay for sale by producers although considerable hay has been purchased in the Butter Creek area. The Hermiston recreation building can now officially be called a United Service Organiation center following dedication services held here Tuesday night. Miss Mary Lou Johnson, rep resenting the U. S. O., accepted the building from Don T. Orput, recrea tional representative in Oregon of the Federal Security Agency. Dedication ceremonies were broad cast over KWRC, Pendleton radio station, with a fine reception report ed from many sections of eastern Ore gon. Manager Henry Hogue of Pen- dleton was personally in charge of the broadcast here. The following is a short resume of the program: A 35-piece band from army headquarters at Walla Walla gave a half-hour concert featuring martial airs. Rev. C. Warner pro nounced the invocation. Mayor F. C. McKenize gave the address of wel come, giving a short outline of the ac tivities in Hermiston during the past year, stressing the need of a recrea- tional center. Major Ralph Cook Scott of the Umatilla ordnance depot made a few appropriate remarks, stressing the value of a meeting place for enlisted men and civilians. Col. Jeffries of the troops stationed in this area express ed his appreciation of the courtesy being shown “his boys" and pledged that the enlisted men would do their part in whatever was in store for them in the future. Boyd Neustel, ordnance worker, told of the value of a recreation cen ter. Private Willard Bandow, repre- (Continued on Last Page) A request has been issued for scrap iron of all sorts to be used for defense purposes. Farmers interested in the move have planned a pool of this ma terial to be held in the near future at the Inland Cooperative. Prices quot ed F.O.B. Portland are as follows: cast iron, $17.50 gross ton: scrap steel, $9.00 gross ton. More news concerning the pool will be released next week. However, far mers are urged to gather all available material which will be picked up in the near future. MORNING ROBBERY TAKES SMALL LOOT The Richfield service station across from the Hermiston depot was broken into sometime early Monday morning. Included in the loot was a quantity of inner tubes, cartons of cigarettes and a penny slot machine. Entrance was gained by prying off the side door of the station. Dale Draper, manager of the sta tion since the death of H. V. Gifford, could offer no clues to officers. The cash register was not molested and a revolver, lying by the cash register, was not taken. FIREMEN TO MEET FRIDAY EVENING All Hermiston firemen and re serve firemen are asked to meet Fri day night at the high school at 8:00 o’clock. Further instructions will be given concerning emergency calls. A list of reserve firemen was pub lished in a recent issue. American Eagles SCHOOL MONEY IS RECEIVED HERE A welcome envelope was received by school officials here this week when the second installment of the original sums allotted for school pur poses was received. This money must be used only for school operation and cannot be spent for equipment and repair. In the grade school the original al lotment was $20,160, of which figure the following amounts have been re- ceived: $6,720.00 and $6,480.00. In the high school the original figure stood at $11,340.00, of which sum the following amounts have been re ceived: $3,780.00 and $3,480.00. Just what more funds will be avail able cannot be ascertained at this time but it is expected that the full one-third amount will not be given. COLUMBIA NEWS DR. MORGAN CALLED BY FATHER'S DEATH Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Morgan left Wednesday for Hoquiam where they were summoned following the death of his father, Clarence Morgan. Mr. Morgan was 65 years of age and had been in ill health for some time. He visited here on several occasions. No arrangements for the funeral had been made before the Morgans Here are a few more “don’ta” left for Hoquiam. Dr. Morgan's den which your home town editor has to tal office will be closed until Monday follow in order to cooperate with the morning. military Don’t publish any weather -eports, or advance reports. Don’t NINA RAE MCCULLEY write anything discounting the Japs as fighters. It will be a long hard MAKES HONOR ROLL war. Don’t publish wild war rumors or stories, which is bad for civilian University of Oregon—Excitement | morale. And don’t publish any mili over the present national emergency tary news which might be of va’ue failed to bother students at the Uni to the enemy. The publishers were versity of Oregon, or perhaps made asked to apply thia voluntary censor- them more serious minded, for 177 -hip to their own news columns, as it made the “honor roll" for the past is not the desire of the military to term. apply ■ strict censorship unless abao- Included on the "honor roil" was Nina Rae McCulley of Hermiston. Qualified Hermiston voters will go to the polls Saturday, January 24, to decide whether this city favors the immediate construction of a proposed sewer and disposal plant and an im proved water system. The voters will be asked to approve or disapprove the issuing of $45,000 sewer bonds for the purpose of paying a part of the cost of the construction of a sewer age system and the issuing of $35,000 water bonds for the purpose of pay ing a part of the cost of additions and extensions to the existing waterworks system. In the case of the sewer system, it has been estimated that the cost will not exceed $73,000. The difference between this figure and that of the bonds to be voted on will be paid by the U. S. government under the fed eral works administration. It would cover the cost of the construction of a disposal plant, sewer mains, necessa ry equipment and other incidentals. In the proposed water improve ment, the cost has been estimated at $53,000. This project includes the construction or purchase of a well, pumps, chlorinating plant, water mains, equipment and accessories. A legal notice presenting more of the details of the bond election appears on Page 4 of this issue. , In each case the proposed bond fig ures have been set approximately $10,000 higher than deemed actually necessary with the understanding that the full amount will not be used unless needed. The regional office of the Federal Works agency has rec ommended that the government grant $60,000 toward the sewer system which would leave only about $13,000 to be paid by the city in bonds. Only voters who are registered with the city recorder are eligible to vote at the forthcoming election. All vot ers not already registered should do so on or before Monday, January 19. Anyone who voted at the last city election is eligible to vote and need not register now. Election will be held at the public library between the hours of 8:00 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. Judges will be Mrs. George Harkenrider, Mrs. B. J. Nation and Mrs. Paul Bracher, and clerks, Mrs. Roy Hale and Mrs. Ger- ahi White. By Mrt. Bob Woodward CHRISTLEY-CASSIDY ‘POSE THEYRE MIGRATIN© TO ENGLAND OR O0sS1A ? ¿F) (WNU Service) The wedding of Miss Marian Cas sidy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Weir Cassidy, to J. Dell Christley, son of Mrs. Emma Christley, took place Sat urday evening, January 10, at the Christley home. The Reverend Mr. Carlson of La Grande read the ser vice by candlelight before the large living room windows which were arched with everygreens and decorat ed with chrysanthemums. Given in marriage by her father, — I the bride wore a wine colored after = noon frock with a corsage of white gardenias. Her only attendant. Miss Ruth Gifford, wore a blue frock with a corsage of pink roses. Virgil R. Wilkes was best man and small Allen Wilkes lighted the can dles for the service. Thirty-five guests were present for the ceremo ny and the informal reception which followed. After a short wedding trip the couple will be at home at the Christ- ley place, Mrs. Christley, who has for several years been employed with the Cooperative Service station in Hermiston, plans to continue with her work there. Mark Foster and mother. Mrs. Grace Foster, were in Irrigon Satur- (Continued on Page Five)
