Tuesday, December 25, 1923
THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON
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SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER I. Jennie Woodruff con
Temptuously refuses to marry Jim Ir
win, young farm hand, because of his
financial condition and poor prospects.
He is intellectually above his station,
and has advanced ideas concerning the
Possibilities of expert school teaching,
tor which he la ridiculed by many.
CHAPTER II More as a Joke than
? he,wlse Jim Is selected as teacher of
the Woodruff district school.
CHAPTER Ill.Jlm, Inhis new posl
t'". 8ets out t make stanch friends
of his pupils, especially two boys, New
ton Bronson and "Buddy" Simms, ths
Jatter the son of a shiftless farmer.
Colonel Woodruff, Jennie's father, has
Jittle faith in Jim's ideus of improving
rural educational methods. He nick
names him the "Brown Mouse," in Il
lustration of an anecdote.
CHAPTER IV. Jim's conduct of the
school, where he endeavors to teach
the children the wonders of nature
and some of the scientiilc methods of
farming, as well as "book learning,"
Is condemned.
CHAPTER V
The Promotion of Jennie.
If Jennie Woodruff was the cause of
Jim Irwin's sudden irruption Into the
educutional field by her scoffing
"Humph!" at the idea of a furm
hund's ever being able to marry, she
also gave him the opportunity to
knock down the driver of the big mo
torcar, and perceptibly elevate him
self in the' opinion of the neighbor
hood, while filling his own heart with
something like shame.
The fat man who had said "Cut it
out" to his driver, was Mr. Charles
Dilly, a business man in the village at
the extreme opposite corner of the
county. Mr. Dilly was a candidate for
county treasurer, and wished to be
nominated at the approaching county
convention. In his part of the county
lived the county superintendent a
candidate for renomination. He was
just a plain garden or lield county su
perintendent of schools, no better and
no worse than the general political
run of them, but he had local pride en
listed in his cause, and was a good
politician.
Mr. Dilly was in the Woodruff dis
trict to build a backfire against this
conflagration of the county superin
tendent. He expected to use Jennie
AVoodraff to light it Withal. That is,
while denying that he wished to make
any deal or trade every candidate in
every convention always says that
he wished to say to Miss Woodruff
and her father, that if Miss Woodruff
would permit her name to be used for
the office of county superintendent of
schools, a goodly group of delegates
could be selected in the other corner
of the county who would be glad to
reciprocate any favors Mr. Charles J.
Dilly might receive in the way of
votes for county treasurer with bal
. lots for Miss Jennie Woodruff for su
perintendent of schools.
Mr. Dilly never inquired as to Miss
Woodruff's abilities us an educator.
That would have been eccentric. Miss
Woodruff never asked herself if she
knew anything about rural education
which especially fitted her for the
tusk ; for was she not a popular and
successful teacher and was not that
enough? So are the officials chosen
who supervise and control the educa
tion of the farm children of America.
' When Jim Irwin started home from
putting out his team the day after his
first call on the Simms family, Jennie
was waiting at the gate to be con
gratulated on her nomination.
"I hope you're elected," Jim said,
holding the hand she had extended;
"but there's no doubt of that."
"They say not," replied Jennie; "but
father believes in working Just as if
we didn't have a big majority for the
ticket Say a word for me when on
your pastoral rounds."
"All right said Jim, "what shall I
say you'll do for the schools?"
"Why," said Jennie, rather per
plexed, "I'll be fair In my examina
tions of teachers, try to keep the unfit
teachers out of the schools, visit
schoola as often aa I can, and why,
what does any good superintendent
dor
"I never beard of a good county
superintendent," said Jim.
"Never heard of one why, Jim Ir
win!" "I don't believe there Is any such
thing," persisted Jim, "and If you do
no more than yon say, you'll be off the
same piece aa the rest. Your system
won't give us any better schools than
we have of the old sort and we
need a new kind."
"Oh, Jim, Jim! Dreaming as of
yorel Why can't you be practical!
What do you mean by a new kind of
rural school?"
"It would be correlated with rural
life. It would get education out of the
things the farmers and farmers' wives
are Interested In as a part of their
lives."
Jennie looked serious, after smoth
ering a laugh.
"Jim," said she, "you're going to
have a hard enough time to succeed
In the Woodruff school, if you confine
yourself to methods that have been
taatari fM found vnnA n
"But the oiu metuoas," urged Jlrn,
"have been tested and found bad.
Shall I keep to them?"
"They h.ve made the American peo
ple what they are," said Jennie. "Don't
be unpatriotic, Jim."
"They have educated our farm chil
dren for the cities," said Jim. "Tills
county Is losing population and it's
the best county in the world."
"Pessimism never wins," said Jen
nie. "Neither does blindness," answered
Jim. "It Is losing the farms their
dwellers, and swelling the cities with
a proletariat."
For some time, now, Jim had ceased
to hold Jennie's hand ; and their sweet
heart days had never seemed farther
away.
"Jim," said Jennie, "I may be elect
ed to a position in which I shall be
obliged to pass on your acts as teach
er in an official way, I mean. I hope
they will be justifiable."
Jim smiled his slowest and saddest
smile.
"If they're not, I'll not ask you to
condone them," said he. "But first
"Good Night," Said Jennie Curtly.
they must be justifiable to me, Jen
nie." "Good night," said Jennie curtly,
and left him.
Jennie, I am obliged to admit, gave
scant attention to the new career upon
which her old sweetheart seemed to
be entering. She was in politics, and
was playing the game as became the
daughter of a local politician. Col.
Albert Woodruff went South with the
army as a corporal in 18G1, and came
back a lieutenant. His title of colonel
was conferred by appointment as a
member of the staff of the governor,
long years ago, when he was county
auditor. He was not a rich man, as 1
may have suggested, but a well-to-do
farmer, whose wife did her own work
much of the time, not because the
colonel could not afford to hire "help,"
but for the reason that "hired girls"
were hard to get.
The colonel, having seen the glory
of the coming of the Lord In the
triumph of his side in the great war,
was inclined to think that all reform
had ceased, and was a political stand
patter a very honest and sincere one,
Moreover, he was influential enough
so that when Mr. Cummins or Mr.
Dolliver came Into the county on po
litical errands, Colonel Woodruff had
always been called into conference. He
was of the old New England type, be
lieved very much In heredity, very
much In the theory that whatever Is
Is right, In so far as it has secured
money or power.
A very respectable, honest, Ameri
can tory was the colonel, fond of his
political sway, and rather soured by
the fact that It was passing from him.
He bad now broken with Cummins and
Dolliver as be bad done years ago
with Weaver and later with Larrabee
and this breach was very Important
to him, whether they were greatly con
cerned about It or not i
Such being her family history, Jen
nie was something of a politician her
self. Ebe was In no way surprised
when approached by party managers
on the subject of accepting the nomi
nation for county superintendent of
schools. Colonel Woodruff could de
liver some delegates to his daughter,
though he rather shied at the pro
posal at first, but on thinking It over,
warmed somewhat to the notion of
having a Woodruff on the county pay
roll once more.
(To be continued)
Windsor Chairs.
Perhaps the best cbalr for use In
either living room or dining room Is
that of the Windsor type. These
come in various shapes, some with
rush seats, and either with or with
out arms.
Pin Stripes Feature
an Interesting Frock
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This winsome frock for business
wear is sure to appeal to women. The
model was recently displayed at a
New York fashion exposition.
Flowers as Decorative
Feature and Joy-Giver
The joy that flowers can give in the
house has never been appreciated quite
so thoroughly as it is now. The homes
are few, indeed, where flowers do not
appear fresh and lovely at such fre
quent intervals that they seem always
present.
No longer is the vase of flowers
confined to a formal bouquet for the
living-room and a few blossoms for
the dining-room table. Hall, porch,
sun parlor, breakfast-room and kitchen
each has its place for flowers, which
vie with those In the other rooms. Of
course, flowers are seldom found in
every room In the house at one and
the same time, but they appear now
and then in different rooms as an in
spiration to those who remain at
home during the day and as a happy
note of greeting to the tired hoine
comer at the close of the day.
Along with this growing feeling for
flowers as a decorative feature and
Joy-giver, it has been discovered that
the beauty of even the loveliest blos
soms is greatly enhanced by selecting
appropriate receptacles and by the
proper arrangement and combination
of the flowers that are used.
The worst sin one cnn commit In
flower display Is to crowd the blos
soms tightly into some unsuitable
container. An overcrowded vase Is as
unlovely as an over-dressed woman., It
Is best to err on the opposite side, If
such a thing Is possible.
The clever use of a single flower or
of a few sprays goes a long way to
make up for a scarcity of flowers,
which flat and apartment-house
dwellers suffer from, unless fresh
ones are bought constantly.
Interesting Features
of Accepted Fashions
Salient points of the mods can now
be summed up with a certain degree of
assurance that the clothes we buy
now will be In style for at least six
months and what more can one de
sire? There is, for Instance, the question
of skirts. These for day and street
wear are fairly tight and therefore of
necessity somewhat short. Evening
frocks, If of the period type with wide,
full skirts, are angle length. If slim
and straight they are not quite so
long. '
The long sleeve for day frocks Is
almost the rule, and while in many
Instances It Is tight there seems to
be a rapidly Increasing tendency to
feature the bell sleeve with an under
sleeve of lingerie, luce or silk.
Blouses are loose, with a rather cas
ual line, which ends somewhere from
a few inches below the waistline to a
point about at the knees.
The wide expanse of neck that has
been such a dominant feature of the
modes of the summer season has dis
appeared. Many women who go In
for the most extreme styles have taken
to high collars, but the general choice
Inclines toward the Chinese neck, with
Its straight, upstanding collar. It Is
extremely smart, but not always be
coming. The new three-quarter length coats
have been enthusiastically received.
Printed and Plain Gowns.
Printed and plain materials combine
to make some of the smartest of the
new frocks a mode not only becoming
but economical as well, because It
lends Itself to the use of remnants or
the remaking of an old dress. In one
Instance, the foundation Is a straight
line model so simple that It needs prac
tically no making, to which are added
applied front and back panels. and a
cape back that may be left off If one
drnsn't care for It though cape-backs
are good this year, and lor the figure
that curves against the mode's decree,
such an artifice Is well designed. The
rolled girdle, too, Is used, but one may
substitute a narrow belt If one prefers.
Few Aliens In New Zealand.
At present In New Zealand less than
one-half of 1 per cent of the popula
tion consists of aliens, according to a
recent report to the Department of
Commerce from Vice Consul John E.
Moran, Wellington. Of the 5,440
aliens, more than four-fifths remained
in North island, where climatic condi
tions were more to their liking. The
majority of the Syrians, centered In
Dunedin, are merchants and manufac
turers of clothing, while the Indians
follow no particular occupation. Of
the 3,270 Chinese registered, 21 per
cent are merchants, 39 per cent market
gardeners and 12 per cent launderers.
The aim of the New Zealand govern
ment is to enforce the immigration re
striction act and prevent as far as
possible an undue Increase over the
present percentage of any aliens.
Fourteen Miles in Nine Years.
Augusto Baldenweck, a merchant of
Colmar, Germany was in Metzeval on
August 5, 1914, and from there mailed
a postcard to a friend, Paul Hatz, offi
cer of the One Hundred and Seventy
first regiment of infantry at Munster,
a small town near Colmar. The card
never reached Its destination, but on
July 7 of this year it was returned to
the sender in Colmar, thus taking nine
years to travel 14 miles. The distance
from Metzeval to Munster is about
three miles, and from Munster to Col
mar it is 11 miles.
Wasting Pencils.
With twice the population of the
United States, Europe uses only half
ns many pencils a year. This Is the
statement of Lothar W. Faber, one of
the leading pencil makers of the
world. Why should the American use
four times as many pencils as the
European? Mr. Faber says the prime
reason is waste. The American
throws away a pencil when it is only
half used. He cuts off a lot of it in
unnecessary sharpening. He Is
thoughtless, careless. The European
holds on to the pencil to the last frac
tion of wood and lead.
I Lower Berths for All.
Spaciousness and comfort both day
and night, and a lower berth for every
body, are provided In an ingenious new
design for sleeping cars proposed by M.
C. Krarup, consulting engineer, and
described in Popular Science Month
ly. Two rows of seats, of the design
of armchairs, are proposed for each
side of the car, these doubling its
seating accommodation in the day
time but without crowding. At night,
partitions similar to Venetian blinds
divide the car Into compartments and
the chairs are converted into berths
by lowering the back cushions and ex
tending the seats. Each compartment
would contain comfortable headroom,
a wash basin and a large mirror.
CALL FOB COUNTY WARRANTS
All general fund warrants of Mor
row County, Oregon, registered prior
to June 10th, 1923, will be paid on
presentation at the office of the
County Treasurer on or after Decem
ber 22nd, 1923, on which date inter
est on said warrants will cease.
. Dated at Heppner, Oregon, De
cember 12 th, 1923.
LEON W. BRIGGS,
2 Issues County Treasurer.
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and the veryair seems to dispel worrjjj
and tone up the nerves. t
One can pick oranges, climb moon-i
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the ocean, visit old missions and play;
golf all in one day, if desired; orj
every day for months and each dajfl
something new.
4000 Miles of Paved Highways;
The most -wonderful system of!
hotels, apartment houses, cottagesJ
bungalows and suites for the accomJ
moctation of tourists in all the world,
and costs reasonable.
Representatlves of the
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will gladly fumtoh Illustrated booklets gvrlror
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C. PARRKE, Agent
Heppner, Ore.
AVM. McMlRRAY, General Passenger Agent
Portland, Oregon
Forehanded
People
Inside of the vault of the bank are located
the individvual Safe Deposit Boxes main
tained for those forehanded people who want
the BEST OF PROTECTION for their
valuables. Bonds, stocks, insurance policies,
mortgages, records, receipts, jewelry, trink
ets, etc-, deserve better protection than they
receive when kept in an office safe, tin box
or hidden away somewhere.
This bank has these Safe Deposit Boxes
for rent at the rate of two dollars a year and
up, according to the size of the box., It offers
yeu the opportunity to keep your valuables
where it keeps its own. Rent a Safe Deposit
Box today, for the number now vacant is
limited.
Farmers and Stockgrowers
National Bank
HEPPNER, OREGON
Thomson Bros.
OUR STORE is head
quarters for seasonable
merchandise.
We can feed and clothe the whole
family from soup to nuts and
from hats to shoes
See our line of
Suits and Overcoats
for Men and Boys
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