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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A Word to the Complacent Citizen
To vote or not to vote will be the question before
Democrats and Republicans Friday morning, May
19—just a week. The campaigns of the candidates
will be over and who will be the winners will be up
to the marks made in the ballot booths.
You, the voters, are the final high court of decis
ion. The hearings will have been held and argu
ments made with due respect to your ability to choose
the best men—and unless you go to the polls all is
naught. Every man or woman who has proper re
spect to his rights and for the safety of government
should not fail to take time off to cast his ballot. It
is the duty of good citizenship, and the protection of
our democracy for which we are fighting so hard to
preserve.
Many voters are too complacent of this duty. They
too often leave voting to the other fellow and then
complain at the results. The average American citi
zen is intelligent and his judgment, if exercised en
masse, is generally good. If he remains at his work
or at home the crack pots get their innings, and nom
inations and elections are made that disgrace our
state and country—which give us real causes for
complaint at the results of our political elections.
You, my good citizen, may feel slightly resentful
at this scolding, but many past elections have shown
that maybe you have a reprimand coming. We, of
our beloved America, are fighting the greatest war
of all times and the great principle involved is whe
ther we shall continue to control our own affairs.
This control lies solely with the right to vote. When
we fail to vote or take an interest in our elections, we
are contributing to the downfall of our democracy,
and the rise of dictatorship.
Cecil Warner of Hermiston giving the
sermon. The seniors are Ina Sutton,
Lois Williams, Lila Scalf, Letha Van
Bu Mr». Rott Hadrick
Sickle, Patricia Knotts and Eunice
Hughes.
Hernan Harp from Camp Roberts,
A play, Alice Blue Gown, by the
Cal., is here on furlough to visit his
Intermediate Girl Scout troop, coached
wife and daughter who are at the by
Mrs. Esther Strasser, and some
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
musical numbers directed by Miss Ne
Andy Cleghorn.
va Hedrick, will be given Friday
Harold Reeves from Fort Williams,
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Arizona, is here on a 20-day furlough night, May 12, at the high school.
Mrs. Harry Muir and son Kenneth
to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will
have returned from a few days visit
Reeves.
Harley Rogers is here from Fort at Payette, the guest of her father, C.
Sill, Okla., to visit his mother Grace J. Peters.
Alict Rueber Caldwell and young
Rogers and sister. Miss Mildred Rog
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ers.
from St. Anthony’s hospital to the
The senior girls with Mrs. Quaid, day
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
their advisor, spent the week end in Jack Rueber for a few weeks.
La Grande enjoying the regional track
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Greathouse
meet and a play. They also contacted and Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Rhea returned
their other member. Miss Eunice Sunday from a week’s visit at Port
Hughes, who is the valedictorian and land. Parkdale and other points.
will return to Stanfield for her grad
Mrs. Fern Kruse, teacher of the
uation exercises on May 19. Patricia third grade, was honored Monday af
Knotts is salutatorian. Baccalaureate ternoon, May 8, on her birthday when
services will be May 14 at 8:00 o'clock Mrs. Picanso baked and presented her
at the Presbyterian church with Rev. a beautiful cake which was cut and
served with jello. The occasion was
also one of her pupil’s birthday. Miss
Linetta Duncan.
The Study Culb concluded their
year's work with a picnic at the ranch
SHOE REPAIRING
home of Mrs. Troy Coleman on May
4th. Mrs. M. Refvem and Mrs. Pax
Will Pay Prompt
ton were guests and with fourteen
members present had a verv enjoyable
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time. The fall session will begin on
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September 21. and it is hoped to hold
meetings at the church.
John Heckman has returned from
LEE’S SHOE SHOP
a two months visit to Pennsylvania
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Pendleton
and North Dakota.
Mrs. C. E. Fisk, member of the
county committee, and the new of fi-
STANFIELD NEWS
QUALITY
ECHO NEWS ITEMS
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Mr. and Mrs. Homer Coppinger
went to Portland on a business trip
Saturday.
Pfc. Blair Coleman is home on a
furlough for a visit with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Coleman. He has
been in the service three years, 32
months of which was service in an an
ti-aircraft division stationed in Alas
ka. He went first to Seward and la
ter was transferred to the Aleutian
Islands, where he was stationed at
the time of the invasion of Kiska by
the Japs. Recently he was transferred
to Seattle and does not know where
his next assignment will take him, but
is hopeful that he will be sent north
again.
Monthly meetings of the Echo-Stan
field unit of home economics, which
for the past year have been meeting
at Stanfield, will meet this year at
Echo. Mrs. William Helmick of this
citv was elected president of the unit
at the last meeting. Mrs. L. T. Keni
son and Mrs. H. L. Hedrick of Stan
field are the new vice president and
secretary-treasurer.
The Echo Garden club held its regu
lar meeting Monday evening at the
home of Mrs. A. C. Ebert, with Mrs.
F. C. Chastain, the new president,
presiding. Mrs. M. E. Larive substi
tuted for the secretary, Mrs. Carl
Weltzin. A pot luck dinner preceded
the business meeting, at which 20
members were present.
Mrs. Chastain and Mrs. Wm. Hel
mick, past president, were named as
delegates to the state Garden Club
convention at Portland in June. The
club voted to sponsor the intermediate
group of Girl Scouts, and to cooperate
with the city in the clean-up day cam-
paign on May 20th.
A Sunshine committee was appoint-
ed consisting of Mrs. John Jordan.
Mrs. C. H. Frederick and Mrs. W. H.
Crary to send flowers or messages to
members who are ill. The club pre
sented Mrs. Helmick with a gift as a
token of appreciation for three years
of successful and faithful service as
president of the organization.
Sheep killing dogs were on a ram
page here Monday night, killing five
bucks belonging to Cunha Bros, and
two ewes at the Muri Berry place.
Miss Marian George went to Port
land Sunday and returned the follow
ing day accompanied by her mother,
who spent the past week visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Don Parker, in that
citv.
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Mrs. William Helmick, retiring
president of Echo Garden club, has
been elected vice president of the Blue
Mountain Garden club district.
A Mother’s Day party was given by
the Brownie Scout group at the
league room in the school building
Tuesday afternoon. A business meet
ing and program was followed by re
freshments served by Mrs. Wilson,
Mrs. Sweet and Mrs. Larive.
Leon Reese, pitcher for the Echo
high school ball team, has made a
good record in this season’s games,
striking out 61 batters in 36 innings.
His high lor a single game was
against Stanfield when he struck out
14. In Tuesday's Stanfield game
Reese struck out 11 batters, and Echo
won the game 8 to 2. Bill Esselstyn
was high batter with a triple and a
home run. Echo will play at Athena
Friday.
A greatly increased area of wheat
land is being worked this year west
of here between Butter Creek and
Sand Hollow. At the Tucker ranch
4500 acres has been plowed and about
the same acreage on the Vogler lands.
At the Abercrombie place 1800 acres
is in wheat this year, much of it new
land. For several years this area
has had ample moisture and produced
better than average crops.
A. C. Mothany left Friday evening
for California for a visit with his son.
Cpl. Orville Motheny. who has been
recently transferred from Camp Pope,
La., to California. In a phone con
versation with his father. Orville said
that he expected to be ordered over
seas soon with the signal corps. Mr.
Motheny will be gone about a week
New Machines
Are Hard To Obtain
UMATILLA
NEWS
Ru Mr». Glenn Oatram
Mrs. Glenn O’Neil and son Jimmie
are visiting her parents in California,
leaving here last week.
Mrs. Lyle Brown and children have
returned to their home in Reith after
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spending a few days here with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Connell.
Harley Connell left last week for
the Marine Corps.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Lane Jr.
spent Saturday in Walla Walla.
Mrs. Marble Shaw, who has been
in Walla Walla with her granddaugh
ter, Margie Allen who was in the hos
pital, spent the week end here with
her sister, Mrs. Harvey Copper. Mrs.
Shaw will return to Spokane to be
with her daughter, Mrs. Glaydce
Lane, who is not well, and Margie will
go to be with her father.
Mrs. John Blair and son Dickie and
Mrs. Oliva McKinney spent Saturday
in Pendleton on business.
Many Umatilla people attended the
Attebury rodeo in Stanfield Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Vieg spent
Friday in Pendleton where he received
medical attention.
Mrs. Eve Thompson and daughter
Rhea Mae returned from Portland
where they spent several days visit
ing.
Mrs. John Nye, Jackie Mustard of
Hermiston, and Mrs. Oliver McNabb
and son Jon returned Sunday from
Spokane.
Harry Hull returned to his duties
in his dry goods store after a ten day
illness.
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SENATOR
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• CHECK that air cleaner regularly.
• KEEP oil and grease compartments full of good
clean lubricant.
• BE CAREFUL where you drive.
• CHECK air pressure in tires regularly and keep
properly inflated.
• KEEP rubber tires protected from weather when
not in use.
• PAINT your machines to protect from rust.
Pendleton, Oregon
CEN TRAL CHVRCU OF CHRIST
C. Warner. Patrtor
Bible School at 10:00 a. m.
Chuch at 11:00 a. m.
During the Bible school hour, a
Mother’s Day program will be given.
There will be a prize for the oldest
I mother, the youngest mother, and a
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few others.
| Ben Gerking of Northwest Christ
ian College, will give the Mother’s
I Day message at 11:00 o’clock.
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There will be no evening church ser
vice or C. E. service because of bacca
laureate services at the high school.
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PRESENT EQUIPMENT.
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and John Dabney will act as ditch rid
er for the Sunfield Irrigation dis
trict during the former’s absence.
Other Echo men who are in the group
with Cpl. Motheny are William Able,
Chas. Hibbard Jr., and Robert E.
Crisler.
Mrs. Crisler (Margaret
Krause) planned to accompany Mr.
Motheny to California for a brief
visit with her husband.
Mrs. Harold Liesegang returned
Friday from Southern California
where she was visiting her husband.
Harold has been in the navy hospital
for some time recovering from an at
tack of rheumatic fever, but is now
reported completely cured with none
of the frequent after effects of this
disease. He is expected to return to
active service again in a few days.
Walter B. Hinkle, who resided in
Echo for many years and was em
ployed in engineering and appraisal
work by the Federal Land Bank, is
now a candidate for the legislature
from Multnomah county, a position
for which his friends here think he
is well qualified. His son, Walter, is
now a lieutenant overseas with Lt.
Gne. Joe Stillwell in the China-India
campaign, and Janet Hinkle’s husband
is a captain with Gen. Clark in Italy.
William Correa, who has been home
on an 18-day furlough, returned Wed
nesday to Ft. Benning, Ga., where he
is to take advanced training as a
paratrooper. Correa says while the
training and discipline is strict he
feels that he has profited materially
from it. He has made a number of
parachute jumps, mostly from 1000
to 1200 feet elevation, during his
training and likes the thrill. The
chutes open automatically " after a
drop of about 80 feet and the studden
stop is quite a jolt, but one becomes
used to that, he says, and the descent
from then on is at the rate of 22 feet
a second. Landing on the ground is
made easy by thorough training in
keeping feet together and knees bent
so the shock is minimized. In 800
jumps during training there were on
ly three casualties, and these were an
kle injuries.
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cers of the Echo-Stanfield unit. Mrs.
Bill Helmick, chairman, Mrs. Loren
Kenison. vice chairman. Rose Hed
rick, secretary-treasurer,
attended
Program Planning day in Pendleton
on May 9th. They received third place
in achievement with honorable men
tion given to Mrs. Nadean Campbell
and Mrs. Dorothy McPhetridge, re
tiring officers.
The Ladies Aid held a Mother's day
meeting and program Thursday, May
11. in the church parlors. Hostesses
were Mrs. Mabel Richards and Mrs.
Mike Reilly, with Mrs. Ernest Great
house in charge of the program.
FORMER GOVERNOR
Braden-Bell
THURSDAY,
HERMISTON HERALD HERMISTON. OREGON
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It has come to our attention that there are a number-of rumors
circulating relative to our policy in accepting new accounts
and the processing of laundry and dry cleaning, since the
discontinuance of the Domestic Laundry of Pendleton.
Aware of our obligation to the community we have been endeav
oring to increase our capacity and our workmanship to the
point where we might serve you to your entire satisfaction.
This sudden decision on the part of the Domestic Laundry
caught us unprepared to render our best service. However,
we are now and in the future will operate our plant at the
maximum capacity possible under the present' conditions.
In this connection we wish to say that we are at present oper
ating with less help than we had at the time we were called
upon to take on this additional business and also that, al
though we have added more space, we do not as yet have
enough to give the service we would like.
Therefore, until we are equipped, both as to space and help, to
render proper service we will be unable for a few days at a
time to accept bundle work. We will designate these days—
on which we can accept laundry—by a sign in our window
and an advertisement in this paper. This for the reason that
our storage capacity is small and when it is exhausted we
must wait until the laundry is processed to take new work.
We hope you will bear with us in this period of readjustment and
shortage of help and as soon as we can we will do our best to
serve you to your satisfaction.
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