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Spring Gardening
Is uppermost in the mind of everyone these days
If you would have the best
results, plant only good seed
That is where we come in—good seed.
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Everything in the Garden and
Flower Seed line now in, nice and
fresh and sure to grow
HERMISTON
HERALD,
HI RXISTON,
OREGON.
MARCHING TROOPS
SPRING GARDENING
Caring For the Feet of an Army
Is a Vital Matter.
Now is the time to start your early garden and our store is the place to buy your
AS IMPORTANT AS FIT FOOD.
Garden Tools
The Manner In Which the Sock and
Shoe Problem Was Solved by Our
Military Men Has Given Uncle Sam
We have in stock all the latest seeding and cultivating tools of the Iron Age and Planet
Jr. makes and our prices are right.
We also have a large stock of Ball Bearing Lawn mowers.
the Best Shod Soldiers In the World.
The care ot soldiers feet is one of
the important things in war. A soldier
is no better than his feet. Many things
enter into the sum total of military ef
It will pay you to look over our stock and get our prices
ficiency, but two ot the great factors
New onion sets in quantity to suit your needs
making for efficiency in troops are
before buying elsewhere*
| marksmanship and marching power.
Infantry that cannot march would be
as unfit as infantry that could not
shoot It may be because of the im-
portance of the feet In infantry that
the men of that branch of the service
Go- Is Economically Priced
are called “foot troops.” Infantry
without good feet would tie more use
less than cavalry without mounts, ar
A LEFT HANDED ARTIST.
First Sumptuary Laws.
BORROWING MONEY
tillery without cannon or a flying corps
WANT TO WRITE A NOVEL?
Laws regulating eating, drinking
without
an
aeroplane.
Leonardo da Vinci Even Wrote From
Be Sure Deferred Charges Can Be Met
Napoleon tins been credited with say- Well, Here’s Your Plot All Ready For and dressing are almost ns old as his
Right to Left.
tory itself. Nothing like exactness
Before Incurring Them.
| Ing that an army marches upon its
the Little Details.
A right handed man In making a | stomach, which, of course, is true as
can be reached In the matter, but it is
One reason why corporations have
Pound paper and en
Take one ocean liner plying between safe to say that it was in Egypt as far
not been looked upon with friendly drawing puts his shading from right i far as it goes. Soldiers to bring or
Sun
Francisco
and
the
Philippines
back as 3000 B. C. that the first prac
velopes have made a
eyes is the fact that they have adopt- | to left diagonally downward. A left maintain their efficiency at the highest
ed financing methods of which we handed mau puts bis shading from point must be adequately fed, and a Add a young man going to Hawaii on tical sumptuary statutes were passed.
great hit with every
business and an heiress and her aunt Among the Romans they first appear
! left to right. This is especially no-
don’t approve.
world of endeavor has been put forth
You and 1 have been taught to be- ticeable In the drawings of Leonardo by brainy men to insure the proper going nowhere In particular. Mix the ed in the celebrated “twelve tables.”
one of many users.
deve that we’d better do without a da Vinci, who was left handed. In supply of food, to put into the ration two young folk gradually among the In modern times Charlemagne was the
thing unless we have the money to pay the same way a right handed man, the constituents needed by the human other passengers, with an occasional pioneer in sumptuary legislation.
Rajah Siik paper has
fur it To uh that seems to be safe being asked to draw a spiral, naturally system nnd to have the food well cook- half hour alone away from the watch
makes what is called a “left handed”
ful eye of the aunt. Turn the ship into
and sane thrift doctrine.
Battleships Now and Then.
ed.
But
it
is
just
as
true,
figuratively
the quality, the finish
But when corporations became nu spiral—that is, one that curves clock- as well as literally, that an army the center of one tropical storm. Mix
A battleship today Is not the same as
gradually until they come to a froth, a battleship in Nelson’s day. The old
merous they adopted another plan. I wise, while the left handed man draws marches on its feet
and a beautiful white
They decided not to waft until they the "right handed" spiral, or that
wooden three decker could only be de
When a recruit or a prospective re the sea and the howling of the winds.
uniform color.
could pay for what they wanted If which curves counter clock-wise.
Beat the vessel slowly against jagged stroyed by long and desperate close
physical
exam
cruit
comes
up
for
his
In his book. “The Curves of Life,”
they could borrow money with which
rocks
until
It
is
well
pounded
up.
quarter
fighting.
It
would
stand
hours
¡nation the examining surgeon gives
to make the purchase. They began Theodore Andrea Cook says that a Just about as much attention to the Throw in looks of despair to suit the of battering. It would take hundreds
The paper and envel
Sherlock
Holmes
could
tell
from
the
to load upon themselves “deferred
taste. Add one blinding flash of light of shot and still be capable of fighting.
carpenter’s shavings applicant’s feet as to his lungs, heart ning “that rent the heavens” to a But today one unlucky shot, one blow
of
charges."
opes come seperately,
kidneys, teeth, vision and hearing. He
Certain charges of this kind, of whether be was right or left handed, will not pass a mau with flat feet, be “convulsive heave of the stout old hull from a torpedo, and the great fightlug
making it easy to keep
course, are justified; when it can be as a right handed carpenter invariably
cause that man could not march. He that had braved the southern seas for machine Is a heap of scrap iron.—Lon-
proved without the shadow of a doubt drives his plane a little to the left,
don
Graphic.
the supply of each ap
will insist on a certain amount of arch years.”
that wbut will be earned by borrowed proda Ing right handed screws, while
Pour a wave mountain high on the
to
the
foot
Too
high
an
arch,
which,
portioned as needed.
I
the
left
handed
carpenter
pushes
his
money is more than the cost of the
however, Is rare In men, would result ship, mixing the passengers briskly
loan, borrowing Is justified. But nut ' plane n little to the right aud produces
Oregon
and
Washington
Gazetteer
and
in his rejection. Any defect tn the feet together; then turn the entire mass
left handed screws.
otherwise.
Business Directory for 1915-16
which would militate against bis eu suddenly into the sea. Put the young
Screws
and
corkscrews
are
right
Become a Rajah Silk
So intelligent thrift practice In the
man's
arm
providentially
against
a
durance
on
the
march
would
be
a
cause
home and the family can be measured hand screws unless made for some
floating spar, chicken coop or a door
user for greatest sat-
Left hand screws for rejection of the man.
R. L. Polk & Co. have just issued
by the same test. If you’re going into special purpose.
toni off a stateroom. Have another the 1915-16 edition of the Oregon and
With
the
recognition
of
the
impor
can
be
bought
from
any
large
hard-
debt to buy a home you should be alile
isfation in your letter
convenient wave sweep the maid in
to demonstrate mathematically by bor ware dealer, Collin screws for some tance of the soldier's foot came long
Washington Gazetteer and Business
his
direction.
Put
in
a
“
strong
young
writing.
and
earnest
study
and
experimentation
rowing money to buy a home you will unexplained reason are always left
Directory, which is the only work of
arm.
”
Add
“
then
all
grew
black.
”
with
the
soldier
’
s
sock
and
his
shoe.
Man
is
naturally
right
hand
screws,
In the end save more In rent than the
Drop in a sandy beach unexpectedly. the kind published. It contains an
cost of the land and house, repairs and handed, and It has been suggested The sock question was soon satisfac
torily
adjusted.
The
necessity
of
fre
the hero on the beach. Have him accurate business directory of every
Put
Put up especially for
that this may be owing to the position
taxes and insurance.
“
come
to” with the sun shining bright city, town and village in Oregon and
quent
bathing
of
the
feet,
especially
on
of
Ids
heart
on
the
left
side.
So
all
You have no business to place nny
“deferred charge” upon your Individ tools and weapons have been adapted the march, was early determined on. or brightly. Close by put the maid, Washington, and the names and ad
ual resources or those of your family to right handed men. This is true of and woolen socks, light or heavy, ac a la the daughter of the skipper of the dresses of country merchants and pro
that those who come after you will not the adze, plane, scythe, gimlet, auger, cordlug to the season, were decided on schooner Hesperus, minus the salt sea fessional men, lumbermen, etc., who
for marching men. Fresh and clean being frozen on her breast.
cheerfully pay because they recognize scissors, snuffers, shears, etc.
are located adjacent to villages; also
Inject Into the situation at this point lists of government and county officers,
The strongly left blinded man will socks are Insisted on, and a sock with
that it is a just charge. The test ought
continue to use such tools with his a hole iu It or a sock that has been one handy cave, with another ditto
to be:
state boards, statuatory provisions,
* “If I should die tomorrow would left hand," even though with incon- darned ts not to be worn. At least that near by. Add signals daily to passing terms of court, names of courts, names
my heirs prefer to go on meeting these venience, but he in whom the left Is the Idea us developed In the Ameri- ships. After baking thoroughly for
charges rather than allow them to handedness is not a strong bias bo can military service, In the matter of six months on the island put In a res of post offices, express, telephone and
JESSIE SMITH,
be defaulted?" It is when the answer comes ambidextro! i through the use the tit of a soldier’s socks it is pre- cue after hope hud been abandoned, a telegraph offices, justices of the peace,
Prop.
of the right handed contrivances and scribed in regulations that “the socks trip to the good old U. S. A. and one hotels, daily and weekly newspapers,
ot either the individual or a new board
will be large enough to permit free church close to the corner. Mix In besides much other information useful
of corporation directors is In the nega appliances of everyday life.
CLEANING, PRESSING
Mr. Cook mentions many customs movement of the toes. but not so loose sufficient detail to suit, place in an at- to all classes of business and profes
tive that we see the unwisdom of
much borrowing in anticipation of ben that have arisen through the normal as to permit of wrinkling."
tractive cover and serve to the public sional men. A descriptive sketch of
and DYE WORKS
right handedness of man. Among
efits or earn Inga.
When It came down to the study of at $1.35 per serve. —Indianapolis News. each place is given, embracing various
Also Hou« Cleaning and all Kinds
If you’re honest, "deferred charges” these Is the rule of driving to the left, the shoe the military men bad a seri
items of interest, such as location,
of Job Work
have to be met, and if you have had which still obtains In England, Portu ous problem which it is believed in
population, distance to different points,
PRISONERS OF WAR
much experience you will know that it gal, Sweden and parts of Austria, It tills country to have been correctly
PHONE 393
the most convenient shipping stations,
isn't often that the future develops as aly nnd Switzerland. This is a sur solved and with the result that the
the
products
that
are
marketed,
stage
Code
of
Honor
by
Which
Their
Treat
vival
of
riding
days,
when
men
held
well as you think it will.—John M. Os-
men of the American army are the
ment Is Governed,
kison in Chicago News.
the reins In their left hands In order best shod troops in the world. The
communications, trade statistics, and
In ancient times prisoners of war churches.
to leave their right free to uso their cost of the United States army shoe,
garrison or marching. Is in round fig were killed unless, of course, the bel
An important feature is the classified
She—1 wonder what makes the baby swords.
The most notable example of a left ures $3, and so popular Is it with the ligerents found It more profitable to directory giving every business ar
so wakeful?
He— Heredity. That’s
when you need any
what comes of you sitting up at night handed artist Is Leonardo da Vinci, He men of the army that they rarely buy exchange or liberate them for ransom. ranged under its special heading, thus
waiting for me to get home!— Phila also wrote with his left hand and a pair of private shoes for use when But today nations are bound to one an enabling subscribers to obtain at a
wrote from right to left. So that any absent from post on pass or on fur other by a code of honor which forbids
delphia Ledger.
glance a list of all bouses manufactur
one who wants to rend his manuscripts lough. The quartermaster shoe of the inhuman treatment of prisoners.
Pr
the
annotations
on
bls
drawings
We are on the job every min
Prisoners are subjected to no pun- ing or dealing in any particular line
Avoid arguments If possible, and
present day is considered an excellent
nue use a mirror. This, according to specimen of the shoemaker’s art and ishment in any form. Neither must of goods.
ute and can take care of any
especially avoid them If impossible.-
I Mr. Cook, w the natural method of the is vastly different in tit and finish from they be placed in a convict prison, al-
The work generally is compiled to
order. Baggage work a spec-
Judge.
left handed max.
though they may be detained In a meet the wants of the business com
ialty.
the army shoe of a generation ago.
The Duke Struck It.
In those states where these shoes fortress. camp or town. A reasonable munity and is so thorough as to de
“The duke was about bankrupt when
Hermiston Dray Line
Weeping Willows.
are issued by the national government supply of nourishment must be provid serve its liberal patronage.
he married Miss Millyuns."
The weeping willow, so called (sci- to the organized militili It is une of the ed them by their captors, and they are
C. B. PF.RCEY
Price $9.00. Offices: Seattle, Port
“Then you don’t think It was a love entitle name S. baby Ionica), is a na perplexities of me national guard of regarded as being in the power of the
land, Spokane and Tacoma.—adv.
match?"
tive of China, from which country It ficers to keep their men from wearing government of the captor and not un
der the control of those who actually
“No: it was a safety match from the has been taken over most of the civi- the shoes in civil lite.
duke’s point of view.” — New York lized earth. it varies tn height and
Before the foot and shoe tit question capture them.
All personal belongings remain In the
li lobe.
dimensions according to climate nnd came under the study of men concern
Ho Took It.
soil and Invariably maintains Its ed with the etticiency of troops there custody of the prisoner, but arms,
While James H. Beard, the artist, drooping habit, the chief cause of Its was always a great deal of foot sore horses and military papers can be con-
was painting a portrait of Zachary attractiveness. New York American.
ness among the soldiers on the march fiscated,"these constituting booty.
Governments can put their prisoners
Taylor he said to him, "Well, general,
This trouble was always severe and
of
war to work, but only such work as
1 suppose you are to be our next pres
WILL COST LESS IF YOU BUY FROM US
annoying
among
new
troops
and
Not Always Suppressed.
ident ?"
“Times have changed for the better. among old troops with new shoes accords with the prisoner's rank and
"I hope not,” grunted the bluff old Torture, for Instance. Is no longer al The old idea was to equip a soldier capacity; also the work must not be
hero.
No military man has any busi- lowed."
with a pair of shoes that would wear excessive or relate to military matters,
The quality of goods we carry has not been
ness in the presidential chair, but if
"1 don't know about that. There are long. The stoutness and durability ot and in all cases must the labor be paid
for.
they offer it to me I suppose I'll be four families In this apartment whose the shoe was the main consideration
reduced in order to give prices within the
fool enough to accept It"
A prisoner always lives in hope of
Balti There was very little consideration for
children tuke muste lesson
And he was.
reach of all. We realize every penny counts
the foot that went inside the shoe, if being exchanged for a prisoner of his
more American.
the shoe was large enough and not own government. The exchange is ef
and are satisfied with a legitimate profil
very much too large for the man the fected in accordance with agreements,
matter was thought to be settled. Foot in which time, place and method of ex
trouble among regular troops on the change are fully detailed. This is gen
We could not attempt to enumerate every-
march has been greatly reduced, but erally that of strict equivalents, man
of course has not been eliminated for man. rank for rank, disability for
disability.
thing we carry, but just remember when
Probably that ideal never will be at
An officer can obtain a greater free
tained.
your wants are in the stationery line see us
dom of movement or certain privileges
A soldier’s marching efficiency de
while being a prisoner of war if he
pends not alone on the size or what is
makes out a parole, a written or verbal
commonly called the “tit” of the shoe, promise. An officer giving his parole
Agency for Waterman Ideal Fountain Pens,
bur on the shape. It has been said
pledges his honor to refrain from a par-
that Dr. Herman Meyer was the tirsi ticular course of conduct, and if he
the pen that is known the world over as the
to formulate the theory that the great makes a breach of this guarantee he Is
foe must ile In such a position that liable to the extreme penalty.—Pear
best made. A pen to suit every hand and
Its axis when carried backward shall son's Weekly.
every need.
pass through the center of the heel
The foot Is n lever of the second class:
the fulcrum Is at the ball rnd great toe
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
and power at the heel, which is trans by local applications, as they cannot reach the
I.-P. Loose Leaf goods lead all others. A
I diseased portion ot the ear. There is only one
mitted through the Velalo-Achilles fron way to cure deafness, and that is by constitution-
the calf muscles and the weight of the • I remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed
device for every requirement.
ot the mucous lining of the Eustachian
body between. This lever Is the prime condition
Tube.
When this tube is inflamed yon have ■
sound or imperfect hearing, and when
factor in walking or marching
The I It rumbling
is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and
ip« and body muscles balance the load ' unless the Inflammation can be taken out and
' this tube restored to its normal condition, hear-
or shirt the lever, which are the feet
destroyed forever; nine cases out ot
ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but
— Washington Star
i an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
GHENT
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