PAGE SIX
THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
Tuesday, June 24, 1919
BETTY'S DINNER
By LOIS EMERY.
JUNIOR MARINES CLEAN WASHINGTON
"Iietty," said Mrs. Thurlow, ns she
put the last touches on the cream pie
she was preparing for the Sunday din
ner, "why don't you ak Mr. Burners
1o dinner some time? He must think
It ruther funny for you not to. where
you go out together so much."
"I know, mninina. but I don't helleve
I wiint to, yet awhile.
"Ym know how terrible the hoy net,
and they are so refined ut his house.
The night I was there to dinner every
thing was served In courses. I don't
know what he would think of us
everything on the table ut once and
the boys yelling like wild Indians.
Hetty stooped and kissed her mother
lightly, "It's awful sweet of you to
think of it, hut let's not bother about
It yet awhile."
Then minutes later, as she was going
flown the old creek road with Jack
Somei-s, her heart began to sing a
little tune of happiness.
They had gone fully a mile from
home before they noticed that the
breeze had stilled, that the sun was
hidden behind black clouds, and that
the air had grown very oppressive.
"Why," said Hetty, as she looked up
at the sky, "what's that thunder?"
She jumped up from where they had
heeu sitting on the grass as a drop of
rain spattered her new hi:1. "Why,
Jack, It's raining."
Jack Jumped up and looked about
with worried eyes.
"(iraeioun, Hetty, I'm afraid you'll
get wet. Wish I'd taken mi umbrella."
"There are no houses around here
und we can't possibly get home with
out getting wet," said Hetty, resign
edly. The thunder drew nearer now, the
wind was rising, and It was getting
very dark overhead.
"I'm awfully sorry, Hetty I should
liuve "
Whow! The elements nrw seemed
nt war with one another. Rain fell In
torrents and the thunder boomed,
crashed and rumbled, Tilling the air
with one continuous, deafening roar.
Half an hour later the two streaming
figures were met on the piazza by the
whole Thnrlow family.
"(food land, Hetty, we were most
worried to death," said her mother as
she bustled forward anxiously. "You
Ku right up to your room and change
those wet clothes. Your futher will
take cure of Mr. Somers.
As Hetty was removing her wet
garments she sighed anxiously, "No
telling what father and the hoys will
do."
Presently Jack's rich laugh and the
boys' shrill yelps began to come from
her father's room. Hetty could not
keep from dimpling as she visloned
Juck's slender figure In her father's
clothes.
"Hurry up. Hetty," whispered her
mother up the back stairs. "Mr. Sein
ers is going to stay, to dinner and it's
most time to take It up."
"Oh, dear." Hetty hurriedly threw
her dress over her head and hurried
down the stairs. "I wonder what that
tiible looks like, anyway I"
"What are you going to have for dia
ller, mainuiiiT"
"Macaroni, with tomato sauce, dear,"
answered her mother soberly.
"Oh, mother," said Hefty, with hor
ror in her voice.
"I didn't ask him. Hefty. I would
have known belter. It was your father.
He acted as If he was awful pleased
because pa asked him. Now don't
worry, dear. There' that nice cream
pie I made this morning, and I've got
a chocolate cuke, too. Here they come
now. You alt right down here, Mr.
Sninera."
The young mini gave her a pleasant
ruille and snt down helde Hetty. It
aeemed to her that the liovs never
acted worse.
She wondered If this horrible meiil
Would ever conn1 to n.i end. Duly Ihliiis
flue was already m an end. Mie thinghl
miserably. .Mirk Somu rs v.ou'mI neer
luio any use fur her with a f::illy
thai 10 I I'd like this.
They eie nil beLlnnlng on Lie mm
excepting Jink, and he was having n
ecollil helping ef lillli'liroltl.
At lal dinner was oer, ami Hetty
iiinl Jack w nt out on the phia. It
vhs Ju-t growing dusk and the air u
full of that di ll 'tons uet rooliio
w lib h fiillnw summer rain.
Jack mined nearer fn IVtty,
sln iililer grined hers lightly. "Hetty."
lie ftnld.at Inst, ")ou'e i"t the liloeM
family I ever u Kverythlng here at
dinner tonight u hmoelike and
Jolly. You know It doeou'l neenl much
like home nt our home. I don't know
when I've en.loyed a Until a nun b as
1 have tonight "
He put hi arm nrour.t her and gent
ly drew her tirward hlni "Hetty, I cnn'l
put If off any longer. I'o ou love me
ell enough In nmrry met"
Hetty drew her hrentli III tremulous
ly nml (In n dropped her bend on Ins
boulder ami begun to cry.
" hut's the nuttier, Hetty? Ivut
you hue uie well enough!"
Hetty nod. hi hy!y. Her anus lli
up arniiiid his lie" k
Tin all right." he nmnfrnl. "Jut
.-,. happy, I aue. Jack."
(Crptnilit. Id bi It. M.i'lure N
llr aritdk i )
fflff illy
CT.'.u:m:iiM . . . ..L., . ' ,i
and It grieves me to hear such lan
guage from a girl getting a marriage
license. If your heart hurts I'm sorry,
but profanity Is wholly unnecessary."
"What the future Mrs. Hulliday Is
trying to tell you," Mid the young man.
"is that her name Is H-e-l-m-a H-a-r-t
II-u-r-t-z." Kennedy apologized. Cin
cinnati Inquirer.
A hundred American junior marines in Washington have volunteered to
keep a part of the streets of Washington clean until congress appropriates
some money for "white wings."
attention than well-constructed sand
clay topsoll roads. The time for drag
ging gravel roads Is unquestionably
while they are wet. In fact, the best
results are sometimes obtained by do
Inp the dragging after the road has be
come thoroughly soaked and while It
Is still raining.
In general, it may be said that the
best time to drag any type of road Is
when the material composing the sur
face contains sufficient moisture to
compact readily after it has been
moved by the drag and is not suffi
ciently wet for the traffic following the
drag to produce mud.
Wireless vs. Wire.
Will all the telegraph and telephone
poles, wires and Instruments 'connect
ed with' these methods of communica
tion be simply so much "scrap" in a
year or so? Representative Steener
son of Minnesota, ranking Republican
member of the house post office com
mittee, predicted "Yes," If the progress
now being made in wireless communi
cation continues. Mr., Steenerson, as
quoted In The Wireless Age, snys:
"Radio communication Is the coming
thing. It is making such rapid strides
that before the end of the year the
average American will not he bother
ing much about the transmission of an
ordinary message over an ordinary
telegraph or telephone wire or as to
whether the ordinary telephone or tel
egraph wire Is owned or controlled by
government or private Interests.
DRAG ROADS AT PROPER TIME
Fully as Important as It Is That High
ways Should Be Done Right
Keep Ruts From Forming.
(Prepared by the United Slates Depart
ment uf Agriculture.)
It Is fully as Important that a road
be dragged at the right time as it Is
that the dragging be properly done.
Furthermore, the difficulties Involved
la prescribing definite rules for deter
mining when dragging should he done
art equally as great us those ul ready
encountered lu attempting to define
how It should bo done. Only very gen
erul statements concerning this fea
ture of the work can properly he made
here, and much must be left to the ex
perienced judgment of those wiio de
cide when the dragging of any particu
lar road Is to bo sturted nud when It
Is to be stopped.
The rule frequently cited that all
earth roads , should be drugged Imme
diately after every rain, is -In many
eases entirely Impracticable and Is also
Change in Road Sentiment.
When we consider the fact that such
a large proportion of our population
nre owners of automobiles it Is not
difficult to understand the change 'n
sentiment In regard to road building
that has recently developed.
Big Saving in Hauling.
If our main highways were Improved
with permanent surface, we would
certainly save 8 or 9 cents per ton
mile In hauling the Immense Interstate
commerce that each yeur originates
from agriculture, mine and forest.
Varitly af ttntimtnla.
The flrl of May brtnj a artjf uf
a atluii'iit. Hum ara quern of kliy
ad otheM ar Ootlfird thai they lll
In ( mora rent or tuote.
Wabiii(toa Star.
Drag on a North Carolina Road.
very misleading because of the conill
lions which It falls to contemplate. It
Is true that there are many road sur
faces composed of earth or earthy tun
t rial which do not become very muddy
under traffic, even (luring long rainy
seasons, and since such surfaces usu
ally lend to tun den very rapidly as
soon na the weather clears up, It may
he desirable to drug roads of this kind
Immediately after a rain. Httch roads.
however, would not ordinarily need In
be dragged after every ruin, because
of the strong tendency that they nut
loally (Misses of holding their chape.
Oil the other Imnd. many varieties of
cluy and soil tend to become very
muddy under only light Irulllc after
vi ry inoilei'iite ruins, nud, it Is evident
Unit roads constructed of such mil
terluls could led always be sueees
fully dragged Inuneiliiitely after a nun
Si'iiietliiU'S, In fuel. It may he neces
sary In Walt until severni consecutive
cluir days have elapsed lifter a long
I ii In V spell before the road l snltleleiit
ly dried nut to keep ruts from forming
ilinoM ns rapidly u they can be fillet
by drugging.
Wcll-mintrueted nnd clay topsoll
road should lint often become muddy
after I hey are mice well compacted
They may beiium serlmily rutted
however, under heavy trslllc, during
rainy weather, Mini are aluiot ure t
need dragging wveral lime each yenr
Huch romU shoiilil ordlimrlly I dmr
gl a a-Hin after a mln as pnic
tli aide a othi-rwle the mirfuce mmii
heroine dry and bnrd. that II
iini'sry In do coiiiilirnlily ninre
disggiug In order ! (ill the ruti. Kur-
thiruiore. the iimterhil which the drag
iueM' mill not coinpH't rrndlly miles
It rulitHtn a ronoldernble auiolinl of
liiolslure.
Urate! mad can le effivilvrly main
tained with a ad drat only heti lh
ravel rnisatnf the aurfuce I fine
rained ami contain coiiideral
iiiutlly of rlay earth, (irmel reed
aurfarea In ahlih thl cenditleu ('re
valla not Infrequently act Iwilly out of
t,le durtnf wet weather, ami may
a-'lnellilieo require roinidcml'ly mere
Spoiled Sarah's Great Scene.
During n performance of "Hamlet,"
In which Sarah Bernhardt was Imper
sonating the melancholy Dane, the
graveyard scene wns entirely ruined
by the unfortunate appearance on
the stage of a cat, which walked In
froi" the wings and began to wash
Its face. The Divine Sarah, somewhat
disconcerted, sta'mped her foot, and
the cat, taking fright, jumped Into
the open grave, the resting place of
"poor Yorlck !" Madame withdrew
and the curtain descended. A cat
can look at a king, but not at a queen
of the drama 1
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SUNDAY CHICKEN DINNER
I At Parkers Mill every Sund.ty.
j Finest summer resort in the county.
jTry our dinner next Sunday and you
' will be sure to come back. Make
! vour table reservations in advance
by telephone thus insuring our best
Read The Herald for all the news. : attention. 4-tf.
For Fire and Hail Insurance call
on C. C. Patterson, second Iloor of
Gilman building, on Willow street.
. 5-8
"See here," says the Good Judge
I want to remind you
about that small chew
of this good tobacco.
It tastes better because
it's good tobacco. Its
quality saves you part of
your tobacco money.
It goes further and lasts
longer.
THE REAL TOBACCO CHEW
Put up in two styles
RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco
W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco
TRUCK FOR SAIiE
Three ton Packard truck in A No.
1 condition $1800. For particulars
call on or address the Heppner Her
ald, Heppner, Oregon. 52tf
DID SEEM LIKE PROFANITY
But Really, Prospective Bride Was
Merely Tryinfl to Tell Marriage
License Clerk Her Name.
C. M. Kennedy, who Issues mar
riage licenses In Seattle, Wash., is an
exceedingly polite and wlthul n proper
young man. When a prospective bride
and groom approached his desk re
cently here's what happened that
shocked Kennedy :
"Name, please?" said Kennedy to
the sweet-faced young thing before
him.
Ilelmaheart Hurts," cauie the unex
pected reply.
" I'.r I'm sorry," aald Kennedy with
frown. Turning to the prospective
groom, Kennedy asked his name, think
lug to give the coming bride an oppor
tunity (t i-'cover from her evident ut-
tack of heart trouble.
"George T. Hulliday," said the man.
"And now your name?" said Ken
nedy to the apparently recovered bride-
to-be.
"Ilelmaheart Hurts," she repeated.
"Young lady," said Kennedy severe
ly, "I am a married man and a father.
"rre is your opportunity to insure I
ejidin:,t embarrassing errors in spelling,
prLmur.ciation cmd poor choice of
wor;'.3, Ilaow themenning of puzzling
v - terms. Increase your efficiency,
V. ii-cb result in power and success.
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The Paint Season
This is the time of the year when the spirit
of cleaning gtts everybody and the first thing
that should come into your mind is the value of
painting up your premises.
We are exculisive agents in Heppner for the
famous
Bass-Heuter Paints
these paints are recognized as the very best
that can be bought and we offer you them in
every tint and shade.
We also carry a full line of KYANIZE in ail
shades. This varnish is made for the particular
housekeeper who wishes to touch up the little
places around the house that are not sufficiently
large to call in a painter. And for retouching
the furniture where it has become marred. Let
us demonstrate them to you.
We would be glad to talk over your paint
needs with you.
PEOPLES HARDWARE
COMPANY
mer Meat MarKet
ASHBAUGH, Proprietor
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Spring Time is
Paint Time
Say Mr. House iiwner Isn't thia rut her pettlnK Into your
system and mnkiiiK you long to see the old home shine again
like It Sul when It w.ia new? Don't you realize that a new
coat of palnl would hilnu back all Its freshness that It would
agnln have that new appearance of which you were so proud
when you first built II? Thl I the time of the year to start
nit woik- and you know how badly It need It.
We wish merely to call your attention to the fart that we
have full line of standard palnta every color or tint that
you poaalbly coud think of. Ileatdea every tblnit needed for
Ike Interior deroiatlon of your bom.
Of Interest to the Ladies
We have a roibplete line of Chlnamel for tombing up and
rrflnlaSilna; those old pierea of furniture that you prlte eo
hlKhly- and thl wmk will come right alone with the spring
house rleunltia The arnlhrt are prepared ao that they do
not reunite the n'tilni of a painter and you're 00 id1 the
amount of oo. ),.u ran do In one room with a few of tbeae
colon We've etery one yu fo"M want.
Gilliam & Bisbee
TO VUV I
BaHfCTMHtanB3
Now open for business in our New Shop on
East Side Lower Main Street,
with a complete stock of the finest quality of
0 Beef, Porh, Mutton and Veal
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Call and give us a trial order.
Wc will treat you right.
HEPPNER
OREGON
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McAtee & Aiken. Proprietors
CREAM AND CARD PARLORS
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PEOPLES CASH MARKET
WATKINS & Oviatt, Proprietors
Our loration la atlll In the "bv aground" but If you will fo
low th "aw-dut trail" you will find ut prepared to et r
to your wanta la the way of te nder, Juicy meatt and froal.
fih and shell flab, aa though w e wera already la our Lew
building.
Our new building will be onrpleted by and by. In the mean
time don't forget as.
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