Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Heppner herald. (Heppner, Or.) 1914-1924 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1924)
Tuesday, January I, 1924 I- I'PNER HF.RA! I) HKPPNER, OREGON PAGE THREE MOISE Herbert hiiclc , . Coyf6V THE OQatjS'AmXtjilA. ZWHWiAV 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, for which he la ridiculed by many. CHAPTER II. More as a joke than otherwise Jim Is selected as teacher of the Woodruff district school. CHAPTER TrF.jim, Tn "his new posi tion, sets out t make stanch friends of his pupils, especially two boys, New ton Bronson and "Buddy" Siinms, th latter the son of a shiftless farmer. Colonel Woodruff, Jennie's father, has little faith in Jim's ideas 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 sclentinc methods of farming, as well as "book learning," is condemned. CHAPTER V. Jennie Woodruff Is nominted for the position of county superintendent of schools. The school board grows bitter in its opposition to Jim and his innovations. CHAPTER VI Jim Talks the Weather Cold. "Going to the rally, James'" Jim had finished Ills supper, -anil yearned for a long evening in his attic den with his cheap literature. But as the district schoolmaster he was to some extent responsible for the pro tection of the school property, and felt some sense of duty as to exhibit ing an Interest in public affairs. "I guess I'll have to go, mother," he replied regretfully. "I want to see Mr. Woodruff about borrowing his Bab cock milk tester, and I'll go that way. I guess I'll go on to the meeting." He kissed his mother when lie went . a habit from which he never devi ated, and another of those personal peculiarities -which had marked him as different from the other boys of the neighborhood, ills mother urged his Overcoat upon him in vain fur Jim's overcoat was distinctly a ha-1 one. while his best suit, now worn every day as a concession to his scholastic position, still looked passably well after several weeks of schoolroom duty. It seemed more logical to as sume that the weather was milder than It really was, on that sharp Octo ber evening, and appear at Ills best, albeit rather aware of the cold. Jen die was at home, and be was likely to see and be seen of her. "You can borrow that tester," said the colonel, "and the o'.rg that gt with it, If you can use 'em. They ain't earning their keep here. But how does the milk tester fit Into the curriculum of the school? A decora tion?" "We want to make a few tests of the cows in the neighborhood," an Bwered Jiin. "Just another of my fool notions," "All right," said the colonel. "Take It along. Going to the speakin'?" "Certainly, he's going," said Jennie, entering, "This is my meeting, Jim." "Surely, I'm going," assented Jim. "And I think I'll run along." "I wish we had room for you in the car," said the colonel. "Hut I'm going around by Branson's to pick up the speaker, and I'll have a chuck-up load." "Not so much of a load as you think," said Jennie. 'Tin going with Jim. The walk wiil do me good." Any candidate warms to her voting population Just before election; but Jennie had a special kindness for Jim. lie was no longer a farm hand. The fact that he was coming to be a center of disturbance in the district, and that she quite failed to understand how his eccentric behavior could be harmo nized with those principles of teach ing which she had imbibed at the state normal school In Itself lifted him nearer to equality with her. A public nuisance Is really more respectable than a nonentity. She gave Jim a thrill as she passed through the gate that he opened for her. White moonlight on her white furs suggested purify, exaltation, the essence of womanhood things far finer In the woman of twenty-seven than the glamour thrown over hiui by the school girl of sixteen. Jim gave her no thrill; for jtj looked gaunt and angular In tils skimpy, ready-made suit, too short In legs and sleeves, and too thin for the season. Yet, as they walked alowj, Jim grew upon her. He strode on with immense strides, made slow to acooi oiodate her shorter steps, and embar rassing her by his entire absence of effort to keep step. For all that, he lifted his face to the stars, and he pointed out the great open space la the Milky Way, wonderin? at tlir emptiness and at the fact (but ai telescope can find star? in tlieui. They stopped and looked. Jim laid his hard hands on the shoulders of ur white fur collarette. "What's the use of political meet lugs," said Jim, "when you and I tan stand here and think our way out, even beyond the limits of oar universe'" "A wonderful journey," said she, not quite understanding his mood, "but while we roam beyond the Milky Way, we aren't getting any votes for me for county superintendent." Jim said nothing. He was quite re-estnblished on the earth. "Don't you want me to be elected, Jim?" Jiin seemed to ponder this for some time a period of taking the matter under advisement which caused Jennie to drop his arm and busy herself with her skirts. "Yes," said Jim, at last; "of course I do." Nothing more was said until they reached the schoolhouse door. "Well," said Jennie rather indig nantly, "I'm glad there are plenty of voters who are more enthusiastic about me than you seem to be!" More interesting to a keen observer than the speeches were the unusual things in the room Itself. On the blackboards, with problems In arith metic, were calculations as to the feed ing value of various rations for live stock, records of laying hens and com putation as to the excess of value in eggs produced over the cost of feed. Tinned to the wall were market re ports on all sorts of farm products, and especially numerous were the sta tistics on the prices of Cream and but ter. There were files of farm papers piled about, and racks of agricultural bulletins. In one corner of the room was a typewriting machine, and In another a sewing machine. I'arts of an old telephone were scattered about on the teacher's desk. A model of a piggery stood on a shelf, done in card board. Instead of the usual collection of text-hooks In the desk, there were hec tograph copies of exercises, reading lessons, arithmetical tables and essays on various matters relating to agricul ture, all of which were accounted for by two or three band-mde hecto graphsa very fair sort of printing plant lying on a table. The members of the school board were there, looking on these evidences of innovation with wonder and more or less disfavor. Things were disor derly. The text-hooks recently adopt ed by the board against some popular protest had evidently been pitched, neck and crop, out of the school by the man whom Bonner had termed a dub. It was a sort of contempt for the powers that be. Colonel Woodruff was In the chair. After the speechifying was over, and the stereotyped, though rather illog ical, appeal had been made for voters of the one party to cast the straight ticket, and for those of the other fac tion to scratch, the colonel rose to adjourn the meeting. Newton Bronson, safely concealed oehind taller people, called out, "Jim Irwin 1 speech 1" There was a giggle, a slight sensa tion, and many voices joined In the all for the new schoolmaster. Colonel Woodruff felt the unwisdom if ignoring the demand, l'roljably he relied upon Jim's discretion and ex pected a declination. Jim arose, se?dy x lank, and the voices ceased, save for another sup pressed tiller. "1 don't know," said Jim, "whether this call ut'.in me is a joke or not. If It Is, it isn't a practical one, for I can't talk. I don't care much about parlies ur politics. I don't know whether I'm a Democrat,' a Republican or a Top ulist." This caused a real sensation. The nerve of the fellow! Iteally, it must in Justice be said, Jim was losing himself In a desire to tell his true feelings. He forgot all about Jennie and her candidacy about everything except his real, true feelings. This proves that he was no politician. "I don't see much tn this county campaign that Interests me," he went on and Jennie Woodruff reddened, while her seasoned father covered bis moutb with bis band to conceal a smile. "1st politicians come out Into the farming districts every campaign and get, pj hayseeds for anything they rant They always have got nt. They've got us again! They give us clodhoppers the glad band, a cheap cigar, and cheaper smile after elec tion; ted that's all. I know It, you all know it, they know It I don't blame them so very much. The trouble is we don't ask them to do anything better. "I want new kind of rural school ; but I don't see any prospect, no matter how this election goes, for any change in them. We in the Woodruff dis trict will have to ork out our own salvation. Our political ring never'll do anything buUthe old things. They don't want to, and they haven't sense enough to do It If they did. That's all and I don't suppose 1 should have said as much as I have!" There was stark silence for a mo ment when he sat down, and then as TO HIT eh"' for Jim tnr th nln- cipai speaker of tne evening, ciieers mingled with titters and catcalls. Jim felt as If he had made on ass of him self. And as he walked out of the door, the future county superintend ent passed by him in high displeasure, and walked home with someone else. Jim found the weather much colder than It had been while coming. He really needed an Kskiino's fur suit. (To be continued) Frock in Blue Twill for Business Women " I The "Jiffy" frock in blue twill, de signed for business women, was dis played at a recent fashion show held In New York. Simple and Smart Togs for Little Children In days gone by every child was supposed to go through a period called the awkward age. - In reality it was not an awkward age at all, but In those days mothers had not got be yond a certain stereotyped style of youthful dressing and did "not under stand the possibilities of that age be tween babyhood and subdeb. Few things Indicate more decidedly the progress of designing than the charming clothes created for the mod ern child They are colorful and ex quisite, simple and smart, and, above everything else, appropriate. Perhaps the most distinctive feature of these frocks and coats Is their Individuality. It does not take long for a mother to decide just what particular color is becoming to her small daughter and whether her type calls for frills and ruffles or for an almost exaggerated slimness and lack of ornamentation. As always, certnin phases of grown up fashions are repeated in miniature. There Is, for Instance, the sleeveless frock with its wide frill about the neck and the tight-waisted, full-skirted dress which delights the soul of its small owner because it Is so like mother's. Outdoor garments arc made of soft, light-weight weols In tones which set off (lie lovely coloring of childhood. They have trimmings of fur that are suitable to the years of these small persons. LETTERS THAT WRECK LIVES Rich Fabrics Are Used in New Evening Gowns Gorgeous is the word that best d serihes the evening modes of the win ter. It seems as if the creators of fabrics had surpassed their previous efforts and have given to us smh stuffs "as dreams arc made of." I ta re ly litis color been handled with such consummate skill and the texture is something to marvel at. On the sheer est of chiffon backgrounds are woven marvelous patterns of metal threads or raised brocaded designs of velvet and chenille. Both Chinese and Per sian colors and designs have been re produced aud for those of more con servative tastes there are conventional patterns of wonderful allure. Metal fabrics, both plain and bro caded, are the medium through which many of the most exclusive houses have Interpreted the iffode for evening wear. Because of the extreme rich ness of the fabrics the lines are no ticeably simple. In fact, there Is more than a sugges tion of the medieval In the straight, unbroken line of scue of the new frocks of metal brocade. Feathers are to be especially popu lar on hats. Stiff quills give perkl ness to felt and velours sports hats, with the new shaving-brush feather as an attractive alternative. The lat ter type of pompon Is of glycerlned ostrich, and Is most often seen on hats with melon crowns and rolling brims turned up In front. No Jewels With Sports Clothes. Jewels for sports clothes are not done, really. The two things do not go together, that Is all. And yet so many of the girls one meets upon the street show earrings or Jeweled hat pins or diamond bracelets or some other In congruous ornament along with their heavy tweed. How Pests of the Pen Are Tracked by Various Methods and Some times Caught. More anonymous letters are being written today than ever before. This Is the alarming verdict of a well-known handwriting and forgery expert. Seventy per cent of the writers go undiscovered, the remaining 30 per cent being traced by various methods, says London Tit-Bits. The investigator ascertains, In the first place, whether the recipient of the letter suspects any particular per son. If he does, the Inquiry natural ly Is confined to one direction, steps being taken to secure an example of the suspected person's handwriting. With tills to guide him, the investi gator compares the handwriting in the example with that In the anonymous letter. He uses the microscope to enable him to detect minute similarities and differences, and the camera to record and enlarge these details. Usually the anonymous letter is photographed and enlarged bodily, each Individual character In the en largement being cut out afterward and pasted In a reference album. All the A's are pasted in one' row, all the B's In another and so on. This makes the work of comparing the let ters considerably easier. Frequently it happens that the writer of the anonymous letter Is given away by a trifling detail. An uncrossed "t" repeated three times In the same letter sufficed to convict one of these criminals, while joins In the middle of strokes have often led to their downfall. On the Great Divide. The Great Divide Is a high ridge of land in the United States where occurs the parting of the waters which flow to the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. The name, "The Great Di vide," is now commonly applied to a greater extent of country than the "Continental Divide," or watershed proper, says the Detroit News. It comprises that region In Montana and Wyoming wherein so many of the large rivers of the United States have their source and which possesses with in Itself all the characteristics of a continent. The arrangement of the elevated land masses In relation to the valleys and plateaus is continental. Its waters flow to the Gulf, the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans and streams rise on Its eastern borderland whose waters flow to the Arctic ocean. It is the natural geographical center of North America. Translated into food, at the prices the farmer gets It takes dozen, or 702, eggs to pay a plasterer for one day of eight hours' work In New York city. It takes bushels of corn, or a year's receipts from half an acre, to pay a bricklayer one day. It takes 23 chickens weighing three pounds each to pay a painter for one day's work In New York. It requires 42 pounds of butter, or the output from 14 cows, fed and milked for twenty-four hours, to pay a plumber $14 a day. To pay a carpenter for one day's' work, It takes a hog weighing 175 pounds, representing eight months' feeding and care. Dearborn Inde-nendent. liltlllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllttlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Elkhorn Best Eating Place in Tovcn In pure, appetizing food, wf'll cooked and neatly served. A SATISI'IKI) ( TSTO.MKIt Menus n P.KKMA.NKXT (TSTO.MKK c Restaurant EDWARD CIIINN, Prop. We invite your pttronafe it mmmmmiimmmmmmm HnmwtfflmmitmttwK a OF IXTKREHT TO THE LADIES For the latest and best In JIIIXINKIIV, ( OltSKTU and WOMEN'S WEAK See Mrs. LG. Herren rhone 642 fit cw if A Striking Value at 295 Considering the improved appearance of the new Ford Touring Car, one would naturally expect a proportionate advance in price. Larger scale production, however, has made it pos sible to incorporate in this new type touring car a number of decided im provements without in creasing its cost to the purchaser. A comparison extending over a long period of years will reveal the fact that the present price is actu ally the lowest at which the five-passenger open car has ever been sold. The Ford Touring Car stands today, as it always has, a most remarkable value in the motor car field. This Car can be obtained through the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan LATOURELL AUTO CO. Boai'dinan and Heppner CAJLS TR.UC&S TBLACTOB-S 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 you 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