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TEN PAGES - mmmmmmmmmmJ, AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. Published nlly and Beml-Weekly, t Pendleton, Oregon, by the EAST OREGORK1AM PUBLISHING CO. Entered t the poM office t rendle ton, Oregon, a aecond cla mall mat tor. SUBSCRIPTION RAT ESI (IN ADVANCE) Dally, one year, by mall .. Daily, aix month, by mall Dally, three month, by mail , Daily, on month bv mail (ton 1.00 1.1.0 . ON BALE IN OTHER CITIES Imperial Hotel Nfwi Stand. Portland. ON K1U3 AT Chfc;o Bureau, S0 Security Building Washington, D. C, Bureau 601 'our teen I h Street. J. W. MrKbfr mt Ik Anartated Pma. ' The Aaaoclated Press is exclusively bntitled to the ue for republication of fell new dUpatchea credited to It or ot otherwise credited In thi paper and lao the local new published herein. Daily, one year bv carrier 7.60 Daily, aix months by carrier Daily, three months by carrier . Daily, one month, bv carrier 3.7 1.95 .66 Semi-Weekly, 1 year by mall J. benii-VVeekly. nx month bv mall l a oenu-w eeKiy, three month by mall .6 Telephone . DAILY EAST OREOONIAN, PENDLETON, 0&EGON, FRIDAY EVENING AUGUST lfi, 1021. ...wii l.uiiu riy Old uiory " . - - . . 1 t ' v v A H i vN v x '4 Sj: MS - S rl if! I & ;fA ioUirKS & Funis itJMV Mill """" py Ed atA Guest Kt4faWS& Teach me to hear the blow Undaunted, unafraid; Teach me to stumble low, Nor call too noon for aid. I would stand up to life And all that it shall mc:.n, Facing what comes of strife . Courageously serene. Teach me to live each day Full to the best know; Treading a troubled way, Let me no hatred sht w. (Copyright, COD KAGE : , "r j- After the blunders made, . After the faulty plan. Let me come undismayed. Changed to a wiser man. Teach me to understand Fortune may often stray, Rowintf to her rnmmqn.l 1 Let mo pursue my way. Fallen and bruised and hurl After the cruel test, Let not my faith desert, Still let me do my best. 1921, by Edgar A. Guest.) FAR REGIONS BROUGHT NEAR npHE Blue Mountain Eagle, at Canyon City, says that when ,: I the Umatilla county party was there "Pendleton did not seem so far away. The Grant county paper is right, Pendleton is not so distant irom Lanyon City as it was in the years gone by. The automo bile has reduced the distance. Even under present road condi tions one may drive from Pendleton to Canyon City in a day. When the road is rebuilt and good grades established the trip "will be an easy one. There will be a dailyauto stage service be tween Pendleton and Canyon, touching at other Grant county towns en route. There will be much travel between the two counties and both counties will profit thereby. The motor car works great changes. Fifteen years ago Ukiah was in a "far country," reached only by horse drawn stages taking the whole day for the trip. Ukiah is now but a three hours run from Pendleton and when the new road south ward is built Ukiah may be easily reached in two hours or less. When roads are good 50 miles means no more to an auto than 1C tniles once meant to a horse drawn vehicle. Nowhere has this been proven more conclusively than in Umatilla county. Re irions that were once considered remote from the county seat are now very close. Where a whole day or a half day was once re quired to make a trip an hour's drive is now sufficient. Good roads and automobiles have made Umatilla county a compact county whereas it was once considered large and unwieldly. It is wonderful to contemplate the change that has come about within a few short years. The same process that has reduced distances in this county is also lessening the remoteness of points in adjoining counties. It is no farther to Canyon City now than it was to Ukiah or Leh man springs 10 years ago. With a good road in use it will be no farther to the Grant county line than it was to Pilot Rock in the days when th? trip had to be made by team over bad roads. This may seem faiie.ul but it is the truth. The day is going to come when Grant county people will all feel they are not far from Pendleton. The same will be true of the people of the Heppner country. Distances shrink in phe nomenal manner when good roads and autos come into play and we all gain by the process. The movement for good roads is economically sound and should be hastened in every reasonable way. A good road is a money saver, no matter what the first cost may be. The poor road is a money eater and prudent men are justified in demanding improvement. KEEP THE HARNESS WARM otmliil ITiii.li soiiliei-s occupy. "Victory Village" at St Cloud France. The houses were presented by the Allies. Here Is a blind' veteran in a home furnished by Americans, la graUUwSt be Jllea the 4aterw.m datv - . . U. S. NAVAL PIGEON SERVICE LEADS ALL OTHER NATIONS; PROVES A NECESSARY BRANCH - Feathered Aviators,' Trained to Fly at Sea, Prove 'Pilot's Hope' on Many Occasions. Staff THERE is belief in official circles that by the first of the year there will be sufficient money in the reclamation fund to provide for going ahead with purchase of the right of way ,for the McKay reservoir. A. P. Davis, director of the reclama tion service, intimated as much when he was at Hermiston a few weeks ago. , This is good news and perhaps there is nothing to do but wait. But the situation is such that the early construction of this "project is of extreme importance as shown by sentiments ex pressed at Stanfield and in that vicinity. Therefore while we wait it may be well to keep on the job with a view to seeing that the delay is not unduly prolonged. There are other pro jects in the same category as the McKay reservoir. We may safely assume that people interested in those projects will use influence to get the earliest ajtion possible, if they do that and we relax in the matter of pressing our case we might lose out. Some times those who plead the hardest get the first service, f Let's keep on the trail. HELIX MATRON VISITS Mrs. Fred Peters and little son Hichard, left Wednesday for Portland where they will visit with relatives for a few day. Mrs. Powell was called to Astoria Sunday by the illness of her daughter Florence, who became ill some two weeks ago while visiting with her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bowlsby, formerly of Pendleton. The new county road haa been com pleted and the construction crew broke BY T. N. SANBIFER International News Seryice Correspondent.) WASHINGTON". Aug, 19. When President Harding sent back messag-e carrier pipeon from the Mayflower recently, while on a cruise at sea he indirectly brought to public knowl edge one of the least known, but most valuable organizations of the Ameri can N'avy its pigeon service. Every service in the world at pres- nt is striving to perfect its pigeon messengers, naval fliers being espe cially interested in this development. At present, however, it Is safe to say that no service has gone further than the pigeon service of America's naval aviators. The "feathered aviators" of the American naval flying service are on constant active duty, and scarcely a month passes without some report of life saved or valuable machine saved from abandonment or destruction. So valuable are these birds consid ered that there is a standing 'order that no naval seaplane or other, flying machine leaves on a flight without pigeons. Only a short while ago a N'avy flier had to make a forced land ing far down the Potomac River, be low AVashington. His motor was stopped and his only means of com municating his plight was by pigeon messenger. Within a short while, how ever, after releasing his "S O S" spare parts were sent him. The flier made his own- repairs and was able to resume flight, escaping Bhat might have proved a dangerous predica ment otherwise. Xavjr Pigeons Sea-tJoini: In view of such work and the ob vious need for such a service, a pigeon loft, filled with trained birds is now located ut every American naval air station everywhere in the world. There are "lofts" aboard many of the Navy's ocean-going airplane carriers, the Langley and the Wright, the former at Norfolk and the latter at Hoboknn. By trained birds, from the Navy's standpoint, is meant not only that a hird cart deliver a message under or dinary conditions. Far from it. N'avy pigeons have to be sea-going, capable of flying over wide stretches of heav ing waters by night, in storm, or in any sort of emergency., In fact, most of their work is in emergencies, when condttion8 are just the opposite from land flying. And, because sea-flying Is contrary to the hereditary traits and abilities of pigeons, N'avy birds have to be specially bred from nauti cal ancestors and trained for the sea. So well has this been done that Pilot's Hope, one of the veterans of the lofts, with an enviable record for war flying abroad, delivered ninety-seven mes fages from planes at sea during the last month of the war and during one year covered 2,638 miles, actually sav. Ing life and air craft on various occa sions. Another veteran, The Skipper, flew with planes operating off Brest. France, and holds tho record of de livering a message from 400 miles at sea the morning after he departed from the plane. Peerless Pilot, anoth er bird, served on planes out of Pauil lac, a French naval bnse, delivering 196 messages during the last year of the war, although only fifteen months old. It la hoped under present plans to rear and train birds at sea, so that each ship will have Its own birds, who can "spot" their home on the ocean though out of sight of land. - ! NEW FALL DRESSES OF TRICOTINE AND FRENCH SERGES " si t $19.50 SMARTLY TAILORED MODELS THAT ARE INDEED FASHIONABLE, FIT RIGHT, LOOK RIGHT. CAREFULLY FINISHED AND SIZED CORRECTLY. AN UN- .USUAL VALUE AT THIS PRICE, $19.50 Sjl!i iilci YV1NJJUVV JJISrLAI; . . . Beautiful Plaid and Stripe Skirtings, 54 inches wide, all wool worsteds and prunellas, direct from Jamestown Wor sted Mills. The yard $3.29 and $3.75 Wide Black Silk Chiffon Velvet, Trico weave, a beautiful quality that re tailed last year for $10.50. T,his store now offers it in black only, the yd. $3.89 Silk Chiffon Paanne Velvets, 13 inch cries wide, for trimmings, in the various wanted colors, including "Follies" red. The yard $1.75 All Wool Storm Serge for Children's Dresses, 36 inches wide, garnet, navy , blue and brown ; the yard :...98c All Wool Navy Blue Storm Serge, 50 inches wide, for children's school dress es; the yard $1.45 ' Middy Flannels, all wool, 27 inches ; wide, pretty shades of red and navy ; the yard $1.00 Infants' Crib Blankets, fancy robes in blues and pinks and all sizes, a pretty range from which to choose $1.19 to $5 PHONE 127 FOR QUICK DELIVERIES, C. O. OR APPROVALS D. We Charge for altera tions but do not add the price to every garment whether altered or not. FrocldoFoGO 28 YEARS AGO (From the Daily East Oregonian, August 19, 1S93.) Frank Pike and Al Kramer will re muin in Pendleton and not be sent to La Grande, as was intended by the Union Pacific. Leon and Jesse Cohen will return from their Kastern purchasing trip to morrow evening. J. L. Sharpstein was in the city Friday evening on his way to Salem to meet his wife. Mrs. Harry Donelly will leave Mon day for a month's visit with relatives in Fairviow. A party of emigrants passed through Sun mid Wind Bring Out I'Kly Spots. How to Remove Kusily Here's a chance, Miss Freckle-face, to try a remedy for freckles with the guarantee of a reliable concern that it will not cost you a penny unless It removes the freckles; while If it does give j ou a clear complexion the ex- j pense is trifling. Simply get an ounce of Othlnc double strength from an druggist and a few applications should show you how easy it is to rid yourself of the homely freckles and get a beautl tul complexion. Rarely is more than one ounce needed for the worst case. Be sure to ask the druggist for the double strength Othlne as this strength Is sold under guarantee of money back if It fails to remove freckles. Pendleton this morning, going west. Seated in the front wagon was a wom an who believed In combining business with the pleasure of riding along the dusty highways of t'matllla county In a lumber wagon. She was engaged In the laudable occupation of sewing, and seemed oblivious " to tho curious glances of passers by, J. P. Itilner, Miss Essie find Itoy Hitner came home Thursday afternoon from Lehman Springs. DOINGS OF THE DUFFS HOME SWEET HOME. . BYALLMAN . .. , , ' . - ... '-" ,, ., -if THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Pendleton MSMEMBESSSB rVr.Dr.RA i. Hr.srBvr Offers an unexcelled barking service to in dividuals and corporations; transacts a general banking business and maintains special departments with facilities of the highest character. ... PENDLETON, OREGON next location. East Oregonian Special.) KIETH, Aug. J9.- Mrs. Jack Hose of iHelix made a short trip to P.ielh Saturday to see her mother, Mrs. li. J ElU-'Iish. lr. Winchester and children drove to Pendleton Sunday and spent the afternoon at the picture show. Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Rawtell of Pen dleton were Lictti visitor Sunday, , Perry Woods, Teddie Roberts and Haroldine Hort on of Kleth and Edna Hopper of Paker, motored to Bundtiy. I Pam Winchester and Lewis McNeal Went out on Pitch creek Sunday and found li wilfl 1ee tree and robbed it of good many pounds of choice honey. Mr. Winchester's hobby is bee raising nd he ha succeeded in necuriug two or three large fwarms of bee thus far th' moiwvn. For a change during the remainder lf (he hot weather ine M.noay . ...o, par(y Qf expIor(.r, fr Kaf. VIII me.n in '"' B.v- fin Land have Uihon .,) ,,iinttv Where u 1 snaoj una coo. " "'" of foodstuff prepared by a new pro- neiv ..t ... ot .hydration, which, it ,s said.; ti.tn a i a i '.leave the dried products capable of Mr, Uv.nwlon left Itietn last eic restoration to their original bulk, taste rir i mi .rr nnsin i.a uu -vv.. t cm,tr r mtreiy snaking In water ! ployment for the winter, and hi son The cell walls are not broken down by Carl left Wednesday for purke where the process of dehydration. Fruits, Ji. ill way with Mrs, IJwutjlon v.-n.-tabb a and iiklU weio UiUB pre-1 GYPSIKS A DO IT AITOS. WATK Ft TOWS', N. Y., Aug. 19 (I. X. S.) The northern .New York gyiy has abandoned the old horse Aiianu.drawn vans with their herd of anci ent and worn animals trailing along j for trading purposes. Instead many gypsies are touring this section In fleet of motor cares. The spirit of barter continues with the gypsy, not withstanding his advanced means on transportation. He will trade any thing he has, even his auto, if there! be a proper allowance to boot. if II 1 ifrit )' ' W'lj WELL THE OLD IFOS i! MSi-l I SHE LOOKS . M' mmm 'is f 111?1 I .fcc IV' im mjrn UxMJJM t Jil,,:,,. AM Iff?''" FIRESTONE MOST MIL1 -i ' ER DOLLAR 0 the great army oi car owners who confi dently look to Firestone for economy and Drotection in tires, most miles per dollar stands as the guardian oi value. ; , Twenty years ago it meant "intent." The Fire stone Organization pledged itself to work to this high standard. Today there are two decades of experience and millions in resources back of it. . That is why good dealers offer you1 Fires'tones with such sincere endorsement. They know that the name these tires carry the signature of the active head of the organization which builds them is the-safest guarantee of mileage you can ask. Simpson-Sturgis For Service Phone 651 Pendleton, Ore. 223 E. Court St Golden Rule Hotel Building ttnlt (uf wiujifcpv, 'f&ttti.