THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1944.
THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON. OREGON.
PAGE FOUR
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Wednesday and funeral services were
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held at Stanfield Saturday afternoon. Jap Legend Says Isles
She was ill but a short time, death re-1
Populated by Goddess’ Kin
suiting from pneumonia. Mrs. Thorne
indeed. Replacements on many items
is survived by her husband and a bro- | According to the "Kojiki” and the
are practically unobtainable. So be
Published Every Thursday at
ther in Kentucky.
“Nihongi,” two legendary histories
$
extra careful now about fire. Eliminate
Ralph Reese reports that wheat is
Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon.
Japan written in the eighth cen
every possible hazard. AND be sure
well up in his neighborhood and there of
A. D., the Japanese islands
Alfred Quiring and Leander Quiring, Publishers.
is no indication of damage during the tury
your insurance fully covers the Ritieni
were created by the union of two
recent cold weather although there deities,
value of your home property. Check
Izanagi
(the
male-who-in-
was no snow to protect it.
Entered at the post office at Hermiston as Second
fire insurance, windstorm insurance,
Mrs. G. L. Cunnington and child vites) and his younger sister Izan-
smoke damage insurance, hail insur
Class Matter, Dec. 1906, Umatilla County, Oregon.
ren of Walla Walla are here for a ami (the female-who-invites). Be
ance, etc. See that you are fully pro
visit with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. tween the two they not only gave
tected by adequate insurance limits.
Subscription Rates
M. C. Wolverton. Mr. Cunnington. a birth to the islands but produced
This agency offers its services to home
Seabee, is now stationed in Virginia, numerous gods and goddesses whe
$2.00
One Year.....................................
and expects a furlough soon.
owners. We will gladly, and without
inhabited them.
1.00
Six Months .................................
Robert Paget, local agent for the
Amaterasu Omikami, the sun-god
obligation on your part, check over
Union Pacific, has been inducted into dess, after a series of quarrels with
TOUGH LUCK
your present insurance and submit
Payable in Advance
the armed service and is to report at her brother, decided to populate the
recommendations regarding the kinds
Portland
February
10.
Elmer
Schmidt
With SO many home repair items on
“land of reed plains” with her own
2051
Office Telephone ....
of protection you should have; and
is acting as local agent until the po brood. So she sent her grandson
the critical list, now is no time to run
in amounts which will truly protect
sition is bid in by a new man.
2333
Residence Telephone
into tough luck. A broken window
your investment. Why not see
Marshal E. J. Nieland went to with the command: “This reed-plain
land
of
15,000
autumns
of
fair
rice-
may not be so bad, but a real fire or a
Portland Thursday to attend the state
about it today?
bad windstorm could be very serious
conference on social hygiene. He eaters is the country over which my
plans to return the first of the week. descendants shall be lords. Do thou,
A daughter was born to Mr. and my august grandchild, proceed
Mrs. Clifford Dewey at the home of thither and rule over it. Go! and
See us today for full protection from fire.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Westfall Febru may prosperity attend thy dynasty,
ary 3. The girl, a 91 pound baby, and it shall, like heaven and earth,
has been named Eva Beulah. Mrs. endure forever.”
Dewey has been staying with her par
From this divine brood came Jim-
ents. the Westfalls, for a few weeks. mu Tenno (the divine-warrior heav
Mr. Dewey is employed at the Port enly-emperor) who allegedly ascend
land shipyards.
The Hermiston Irrigation district ed the throne on February 11, 660
20 Year» For Farm Bureau Co-operative
feed canal has been running about 100 B. C. The dynasty thus founded is
F. B. SWAYZE, President
second feet of water, all the river supposed to have continued for 26
would provide, for several weeks. The centuries, through a line of 124 em
The Farm Bureau Co-operative, through a long
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Cold Springs reservoir is only half perors and empresses, down to Hiro
period of twenty years, has served its purposes, and
full and a full head of water during hito, the present incumbent.
February and March will be necessary
the large communities adjacent well and faithfully.
a
B,
A
to complete filling it for the 1944 ir
Time flies so rapidly that it scarcely seems so long
rigation season.
Price Increases Genera]
Corporal James W. Meader, son of
since the first car load of feed was unloaded on a
Mrs. Francis Harter entertained the
Mrs. Cleopatra B. Meader of Glen
Through World Since 1939
| teachers of the local school and M.
small platform and distributed to a group of strugg-
dale. Calif., formerly of Echo, has
During recent years, commodity
and Mrs. Lynn, who is the superin
completed an intensive course in air- prices
ling farmers who were trying to make cost of produc
By Margaret Thorpe
in all countries have shown
plane
mechanics
at
Sheppard
Field,
tendent at Irrigon, Sunday night.
Lawrence
Tyler
was
operated
on
tion of poultry products, hogs, meats and butterfat
an
upward
trend
although
the
move
Texas. His next training will be in
Mr. and Mrs. R. Black spent Sat-
ment has been somewhat erratic. last Tuesday morning at Pendleton
aerial gunnery.
less than the selling prices of such farm produce,
A recent study published in the for a hernia. He is reported as im urday in Pendleton shopping.
Technical
Sergeant
Jack
Gaskill
enough to leave a margin of living profit. Local citi
writes his parents from Italy that his League of Nations’ Monthly Bulle proving rapidly.
Mrs. Marlow is confined to her bed
long delay in writing was due to an tin shows that the index of wholesale
zens who were here then, and new citizens who care
th* withthe flu. S he is staying with Mrs.
Albert
Partlow
has
been
home
injured hand. He says the weather is prices—on the basis of January-
Ransier.
to inquire into the reasons why the cooperative was
plenty wet. and his air corps detach June, 1939, as 100—was 135 in the week from boot training.
Chas. Anderegg went to Fossil with
ment live in tents. Eyties, as he calls United States in the middle of 1943,
given birth, will know that the causes were funda
Election of a school board member
the natives, seem to like the American and 137 in Canada.
a load of potatoes Tuesday.
to
replace
Mr.
Ely
who
resigned
was
mental to the life of this entire region.
soldiers. They send their children. 4
The price index in Great Britain
The Boardman basketball team
to 12 years old, out on the streets to was higher, standing at 166, but the held Thursday night. A. Hug was played at Irrigon. Boardman won the
Hermiston and other communities may well give
ask soldiers if they are hungry. If so, indexes in the other British countries elected to take the place.
game with a score of 30 to 19.
they are given a hot meal, sometimes
praise to a few public spirited men with vision who
Allan Billings left Wednesday for
good, sometimes poor, and the donors showed smaller increases. The in
Mr. and Mrs. Buster Rands and
dex
of
wholesale
prices
in
the
Union
gave their time and capacities to the work of organi
his army camp in Florida, after
never refuse to accept whatever cash
the generous soldiers offer for the of South Africa in the middle of 1943 spending two weeks with his wife family are visiting his folks at Cul
zation of this cooperative and the number of others
feed. Bud Wessell of Stanfield, who stood at 149, that of New Zealand Mrs. Zoe Billings. Mrs. Billings re ver.
which followed their lead.
has been in the same company with at 145, and that of Australia at 139. sumed her teaching Thursday morn
Mrs. Rutherford of Arlington spent
In the various Latin American na
Jack, is regretting that he has been
a
few days at the Ed Sauders home
ing.
Mrs-
Harry
Thorpe
substituted
The surrounding irrigation districts were new, and
transferred to another field.
tions, prices have shown a more
this week.
pronounced rise from the prewar during her absence.
farmers inexperienced with our class of soils and
Frances Skoubo spent the week end
level than in the United States or
methods necessary for success. Failure confronted
NOTICE OF SALE
in Great Britain. Thus, for exam at home.
Our boys must keep on fight-
the efforts of many, and the destiny of the project
ing—we must keep on buy-
Mrs. R. M. Brandhagen of Tigard
TWO TRACTS OF LAND WEST ple, the index stood at 205 in Peru
and at 198 in Argentina and Chile in visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
ing WAR BONDS until vie-
was in the balance. Necessity, or perhaps necessities
OF STANFIELD
the middle of this year.
tory is won. Keep on BACK
George Daniels this week. Mrs.
became the mother of invention. Something had to
ING THE ATTACK.
The Oregon State Highway Com
Brandhagen is Mr. Daniels sister.
be done. The result was a broad study of the bene
mission has for sale two tracts of land
Irritating Light
adjacent to the Boardman-Stanfield
fits of organization into cooperative action, and a
Raw, irritating light is harmful to
Highway, U. S. Route 30, about 5
part of the results you may read in another column.
miles west of the Stanfield Junction. the eyes, and glare can usually be
The body of water locally known as avoided through the use of deep
During the 20 years it estimated that not less than
the “Duck Pond” is located on one of shades with broad bases which al
the tracts.
low the light to spread out over a
four million dollars worth of feed and seed has been
Sealed bids for the purchase of wide area. Small shades with
handled by the Farm Bureau. In addition has been
these tracts will be received by the straight sides are light hoarders, so
State Highway Commission in the replace them with larger, more
similar results to the farmers in the Eastern Oregon
! Stock Exchange Room, first floor. Im open-type ones if you can. Raise I
You never really know the value of adequate automobile
Turkey Growers association, the Hermiston Cannery
perial Hotel, Portland, Oregon, at small, squatty lamps to a height of
insurance until "after the accident".
¡9:00
o
’
clock
a.
m.,
Thursday,
Febru
and Laundry, Hermiston Mercantile and other small
18 to 20 inches by setting them on
ary 17, 1944.
If an accident strikes, your Farmers policy* goes swiftly and
er businesses. Finally was organized the Umatilla
Proposal forms and full informa wooden blocks, then fit them with
surely
to work—assumes your financial loss—protects your
tion for bidders may be obtained at larger shades that have sufficient
Electric Cooperative association that has spread
interests.
the office of the State Highway Com diameter to permit a good spread of
its light and power to every farm within a 30-mile
mission, State Office Building, Salem. light.
Safeguard your auto and your possessions, Don’t drive
Lighten dark-colored shades if you
Oregon, and at the office of C. H.
radius. The lessons have been well learned and the
without insurance.
Armstrong, Highway District Main- possibly can. Parchment or paper
cooperative organizations will continue to remain the
tenance Superintendent. 12th & By- shades can be painted on the inside
ROY DUNCAN, AGENT
ers Street, Pendleton, Oregon.
with a good white liquid shoe polish
sound basis of our prosperity when the boom days of
Phone Stanfield 722
Each bid must be submitted on a or with a quick-drying white paint.
other things have passed into history.
proposal form obtained from the Sometimes it is easier to renew a
FARMERS AUTOMOBILE
State Highway Commission, and must darkened or discolored shade by fit
mw -INSURANCE mum .
be
accompanied
by
a
certified
check
! Ernie Rohde. Veda Able and Ethel
ting it with a new lining cut from
or bank draft in an amount not less heavy
"National Standard Nen-essessable Coverage.
Crow.
white paper. To do this, use
than ten per cent (10%) of the
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Mathers are ex amount bid.
the shade as a guide, rolling it slow
Pupils of Echo high school who are pected home from Portland Sunday.
The right is reserved to reject any ly while you trace the pattern on
on the honor roll for the first semes They have been in the city the past or all proposals or to accept the pro- the paper. Cut out the lining, trim
week
while
Mrs.
Mathers
was
under
ter of this school year are: Mary L.
posai deemed best for the State of the edges slightly and fasten it in-
Cotton. Mary Arnold, Jim Meechan, the doctor’s care. Mr. Mathers’ west Oregon.
side the old shade.
side
bus
is
being
driven
during
his
ab
Leon Reese, Bob Meechan, Dean Rob
OREGON STATE
sence
by
Muri
Berry
and
M.
E.
Lar-
ertson, Oweta Hoke, Dorothy Madi
HIGHWAY COMMISSION
son. Shirley Coleman, Ina Rauch, Bud ive.
Bv H. B. Glaisyer, Secretary.
Web of Streams
Jordan. Francis Finch. Doris Rauch,
Episcopal services which were (Feb. 10. 1944)
The Pripet region borders the slug
Pauline Rauch. Wilma Brown, Burl planned for Sunday evening at Echo
gish course of the Pripet river as it
Wattenburger, Pat Stoughton, Mary were cancelled because of the illness
NOTICE OF LAND SALE
flows eastward across the prewar
Crow, Jerry Crow, Sue Graves. Fran of Archdeacon Neville Blunt.
boundary between east-central Po
ces Correa. Eugene Berry, Mary Ma
Mrs. C. F. Thorne, age 62, of Stan
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. land and the Soviet Union. It covers
dison, Mildred Penney, Erwin Reese, field died at the Pendleton hospital
That the undersigned, Sheriff of an area of 20 to 30,000 square miles,
Umatilla County. Oregon, by virtue of roughly the size of West Virginia.
an order duly made and entered here
An intricate web of streams,
in by the County Court of Umatilla canals, lakes, pools, swamps and
County, Oregon, on the 27th day of swamp forests marks the Pripet
January. 1944. will, on the 7th day country. It repeatedly has been a
of March, 1944, at the hour of 10 00 strategic area in wartime. In 1915
o'clock in the forenoon, sell to the
highest bidder for cash at the front the Germans were halted at its west
Later the Russians
door of the Umatilla County Court ern edge.
House, Pendleton, Oregon, subject to launched from the Pripet marshes
a minimum price of $50.00 therefor, one of the most successful and
to be paid in cash, at the time of sale, dramatic counteroffensives of World
the following described parcel of land, War I.
heretofore by Umatilla County. Ore
!
. "sal f
gon, acquired for delinquent taxes, to-
Triaste
1
• GOOD USED MATTRESSES & PADS
wit •
Soldier’s Fare
Ft)
Tax
No.
1,
Block
7,
Brassfield
’
s
Ad
• MECHANIC & MACHINIST TOOLS
In terms of meat, a soldier eats
dition to Echo as described in Deed 400 pounds of hogs (live weight), or
• GOOD SQUARE DINING TABLES
Book 71. Page 410 of Umatilla 500 pounds of broilers or fryers, or
BETTER LET SHELLUBRICATION
County records.
550 pounds of beef cattle. He needs
• ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS
R. E. GOAD. Sheriff of
HELP YOUR CAR
Umatilla County. a case of eggs, or about 30 dozen;
• KNIVES, FORKS & SPOONS
The Hermiston Herald
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O reg
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HERMISTON
BOARDMAN NEWS
YOUR PROTECTION is our JOB!
ECHO NEWS ITEMS
We Will Pay
SPOT CASH
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RAKES, SHOVELS & HOES
SUIT CASES AND TRUNKS
ELECTRIC STAND LAMPS
ELECTRIC HOT PLATES • BABY BUGGIES
HIGH CHAIRS
BUCKETS & TIN WARE
WASHING MACHINES
TABLE LAMPS
DEAEAIDED.
KEMEMOEHs
WE WANT THESE ITEMS,
AND WE PAY SPOT CASH !
Bring them in for Cath, or trade
them for what you want.
Miller’s Trading Post
In New Building - New Location - On Main Street
(Next to Dr. Belt’s building, across from Theatre)
Hermiston, Oregon
i Feb. 3-March 3)
LET US SOLVE
YOUR EYESIGHT
PROBLEM !
If your eyes trouble you come here
for a thorough examination . . . .
Modern glasses ground to fit if
they are needed.
Over 30 Years Successful
Optical Experience!
DR. DALE ROTHWELL
OPTOMETRIST
418 South Main St. — Pendleton
45 gallons of milk, or a pint a day;
and 52 pounds of butter. As to po
tatoes, it is 41 bushels of Irish po
tatoes or five bushels of sweet po
tatoes. Give him 260 pounds of fresh
and canned vegetables, 230 pounds
of tomatoes or citrus fruits, and 100
pounds of other fruits. Grow about
3% bushels of wheat for him be
cause it takes this amount to fur
nish him with 234 pounds of bread.
Isolate Mastitis Victims
After a cow has been found to
have mastitis, she should be moved
so as to be milked after the mastitis-
free cows. Better yet would be to
isolate such cows in a separate barn
if available. Good results, how
ever, may be obtained from keeping
infected cows in the same barn if
they are milked last. First-calf heif
ers are most free from mastitis and
good management dictates that they
be milked first, followed by the nor
mal older cows and infected cows
OUTLAST THE DURATION
Wartime Stop and Go is hammering the life out of 150,000
cars every month. Victims of wesr and ntgiect
Don't take chances with your car! Bearings-pistons-bat
teries all the herd-to-replace parts need Shellubrication
protection ... the service de.eigntd to combat Stop and Go
wear of wartime driving.
Shell Service Stations and Shell Dealers offering Shellubri-
cation service will inspect your car-show you what It needs
to help It outlast the duration. And with every completed job
you get a diagram-receipt telling exactly what’s been done.
Change to fresh Golden Shell Motor Oil and he safe
MAKE A DATE FOR SHELLUBRICATION TODAY
SHELL OU COMPANY,
Incorforeted