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The Hermiston Herald
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M. D. O’CONNELL
HERMISTON
OREGON
Entered as second-class matter, December
h 1906, at the postoffice al Hermiston, Oregon
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HE IS APPRECIATED
ion of both the company and the
locality the agent represents.
He realizes that many people,
unaccustomed to traveling, count
on him to assist them and he
has learned by experience that
courtesy brings the quick appre
ciation of both his employers and
those whom they are endeavor
ing to make their steady patrons.
BUSINESS VERSUS POLITICS
It is still an open question
whether the American people
care more about politics than
they do about business and indus
tries. Partisan politics appeals
to many people and a few make
money out of it, but the multi
tude must depend on payrolls and
business under any administra
tion. Whether one man is elect
ed to an office or another is not
of as much consequence to the
average citizen as the founding
of a new industry or building a
new railroad. Radical advocates
of collectivism or individualism
are willing to sacrifice all else to
carry their particular theory into
effect, but prosperity depends on
use of both systems.
Public
ownership and private capita
are not antagonistic only when
used to destroy each other, and
then the loss falls on the whole
community and hinders progress.
The one-idea theorist on any line
believes his nostrum will cure all
the troubles of city, state or na
tion, but he is not a safe person
to follow in any direction. In
dustry, payrolls, investments,
improvements still mean a chance
for the average man to succeed
in life, while political activity en
riches few and taxes everyboyd l
he might pay a visit to Hermis- |
ton and secure the much needed
ammunition by watching tl e
kids on,a hot day at their favor- |
ite swimming hole near this city.
Save the shade trees by giving
them lots of water these hot
days. Tourists on railroad and
highway often comment on the
beautiful trees with which Her
miston is surrounded, and well
they might, for the resident por
tion, especially, is a veritable
shady bowder.
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SKETCHING MARK TWAIN.
Cartoonist Ward Found the Humorist
an Impatient Subject.
Many of the difficulties experienced
by the cartoonist are related by LeaUe
Ward In his volume, “Forty Years of
'Spy.' " He writes as follows with ref
erence to America's great humorist:
“Mark Twain was another subject
who came under the category of the
‘walkers.’ 1 had a good deal of diffi
culty in getting hold of him, but when
I eventually caught him at bls hotel I
found him decidedly Impatient.
“ ‘Now you mustn’t think I'm going
to sit or stand for you,’ be told me, ’for
once I’m up 1 keep on the go.’
“The whole time 1 watched him he
paced the room like a caged animal.
smoking a very large calabash pipe and
telling amusing stories. The great
humorist wore a white flannel suit and
told me in the course of conversation
that be had a dress suit made all in
white that be wore at dinner parties.
He had just taken his honorary degree
at Oxford, and be wanted to put bls
gown on, but I preferred to ’do’ him in
the more characteristic and widely
known garb. He struck me as being a
very sensitive man. whose nervous pac
ings during my Interview were the re-
cult of a highly strung temperament
The only pacifying Influence seemed to
be his enormous pipe, which he never
ceased to smoke.’’
A TERROR OF THE SEAS.
This Fish Resembles a Torpedo and Is
Just as Dangerous.
His shape resembles a torpedo, and
bls attack too. Fishermen and bathers
in seas where he is found regard him
as almost as deadly as the torpedo
and far more common in peaceful wa
ters.
Fishermen and fish alike are
enemy to him. and he will attack with
a ferocity surpassing even the shark.
He’s called the barracuda.
His body is long and round, and his
head pointed. His wide mouth bristles
with large, sharp teeth. There are
more than a dozen varieties scattered
over the oceans, all of them fierce and
hungry.
Sometimes they grow to a length of
six to eight feet These giants are the
ones dreaded by the fishermen. Even
when they bava him fast on the end
of a hook and Une he’s a veritable load
of dynamite and will attack and bite
and snap at the hands that are haul
ing him in.
Fishermen have to guard against
poisoned flesh in the barracuda. Some
times the big fish eats a poisonous
kind of fish, which In turn poisons its
own flesh. The barracuda’s bite is re
garded as poisonous in itself, and the
wounds caused by the giant fish’s teeth
become inflamed and infected.—Phila
delphia North American.
Dramatists who are in search
of material for a “play with a
punch” are invited to direct their
attention to the local station
agent. Shirt-sleeved and un
assuming the rural transporta
tion expert possesses neverthe
less all the elements of humor,
grit and energy which go to form
our conception of American
character. In Frank Woughter
the romance of railroading finds
expression. He is the reception
committee that greets the stran
ger on the platform. He is the
town directory and the informa
tion bureau toward which you
turn eagerly, and it is with his
assistance that you take your de
parture. You feel that in him
at least you have for the time be
ing a proprietary interest, and
he doubtless feels the same about
you.
Conversely with the size of the
Henry James’ Style.
town his duties increase. He
Stevenson spotted the unconscion
able repetition of certain adjectives In
ships your freight, sells you your
“Roderick Hudson," but probably the
ticket, checks your baggage,
most marked characteristic of Henry
tells you when the train goes,
lames' style was his passion for ad
verbs and adverbial clauses. He was
whether it is on time, how long
the most adverbial of English writers.
it will take you to get there,
Should the amendment to the You will find more adverbs to the page
names the best hotel and agrees
than even in Meredith. And be bad a
food conservation bill now pend quaint
habit of putting the adverb
with you that it looks like rain.
ing ih congress asking for a before the verb when most writers
He builds a fire in the waiting
$20,000,000 appropriation for the would put it after. One of his ladies
room when it is cold and in the
examples are taken at random)
building of irrigation works in (the
'thankfully felt.” another “quite beau
summer time swats the fiies. He
this and the other two adjacent tifully and tenderly smiled.” And
keeps one ear cocked in the
states pass both houses, it will “after all” crops up all over the place.
direction of the ticker and lis
But one would not have these things
be of inestimable value to Oregon, altered; they were part of the man.
tens to what you are saying with
and be the means of giving One does object to them, however, in
the other. On the way out to
added impetus to irrigation pro his Imitators, who have learned the
the front platform he frequently
trick, but missed the spirit behind It—
jects all over the state. And it London Chronicle.
collides with himself dashing
will become law if concerted
madly to the telephone or tele
World’s Futuro Fish Supply.
action is taken by the people
graph instruments.
For the
The sea beats upon 26,000 miles of
vitally interested in the three Alaska shore line, a distance greater
trains that rush by, he has a
states to be benefited by the than the circumference of tbe earth.
wave of his hand for the engin
appropriation. Back up the sena All of that vaat stretch of waters Is
eer and a shout for the brake-
teeming with the moot edible fish on
tors and congressmen working earth. Every bay is a harbor where
man on the rear platform. For
for the passage of the amended these fish can be prepared for the mar
those that stop he finds time to
bill and they will leave no stone kets of tbe world, and the greatest
hustle baggage and passengers
afloat can anchor In safety while
unturned to secure this much ships
taking on their cargo of food for the
aboard, exchange pleasantries
needed appropriation.
hungry of all climes. In a few years
with the crew and kid the con
Alaskan fish will be famous wherever
ductor about his youngest baby.
A community progresses only ships sail and men exchange the prod-
The station agent isn’t inclined in proportion as there is devel nets of their toil. This la but one of
to boast, and he looks far from oped a broad-minded, self-sacri Alaska’s sources of wealth. — Pitts-
burgh Dispatch.
ferocious, but there’s many a
ficing leadership, taking upon
passenger who owes his life to itself the responsibility of foster
AUSEON’S
the mental alertness of this rail ing a co-operative spirit on the
road representative.
part of all elements in the com
Withal the station agent is a munity,
through
example,
friendly chap when people give
through organization, through
ESTABLISHED MX YEARS
him half a chance. He realises forms of educations and by other
that he is trusted with the com means toward bringing about
Our Aim Is
pany’s honor in playing host to that result.
To Please the Public
the great traveling public, and
be it said to his credit that he
If Cartoonist Briggs should at
BATHS IN CONNECTION
fulfills the trust to the best of any time during the next two
his ability. He realizes that in months lack ideas for the draw
him is vested the duty of giving ing of his famous cartoons en Frank J. Auseon, Proprietor
the stranger a pleasing impress- titled “The Days of Real Sport,”I
Hermiston
HERMISTON, OREGON.
DIRECTORY OF RANCH
NAMES AND OWNERS
Agnew, J. I............................................... ..
Circle A
Agnew, A. W............................. .............. Hazel-Burr
Allen, F. L.......... ...........................
a Allendale
Ames. C. F ........................
Hardscrabble
Barham, 1. C...........
“The Locusts"’
Bauschard, W. F
.......... Mountain View Ranch ,
Briggs, Geo. E .............................. ..... Four Sisters 1
Beisse, August F
.......
Germania
Blessing. W. L
...............
Tamalpias
Bradley, G. W
- ........ -........ Terrace Park
Campbell, Duncan .. ...............
Clover Dale Ranch
Canfield, R. C. (Butter Creek) The Ragged Edge
Canfield, Mrs. R. C ... .... ......
Glen Ellen
Casserly. J.J .....................
—Sunny Slope
Chamberlain. C. C...............................Buckeye Ranch
Clarke. Mrs. C. S.................. .................. Henna Vista
Cressy, Geo. A................................... Pleasant View
Davis, E. E .................... ................................
Davit. Joo . .............................................
Roselawn
Davit, H. C__ _____ •_ _____ Shady Nook Farm
Dyer. J. S___ _ ____ ____________ Alfalula Ranch
Embry. John T.The Rad Feathered Chicken Ranch
Eriksen, E. T.......................................
Summerdale
Fowler, F. F .......................... Electric Dairy Ranch
Giese. W. J................................................
Ridgeview
Geise. H. B...................................... South Hill Farm
C.aham, Ed. a.........................
Alfadale
Gunn. H. M.......................................... ....... The Knoll
Hall. C. G. and H. E.. ............................... — Hallhurst
Hannan W. F ...... .......... »...... —......... Green Acres
Hobbs. E. A............................. -..................... Nob HUI
Hoisington A Hoisington ...
Morningside
Hood. C. A........................................ Fairview Ranch
Hooker. H. A................ -........ -.............. Tarryawhile
Horning, Mrs. D. W
................................. Wabasso
Hurlburt. H. G -.......................... The Happy Home
Intlekofer, John....................................................... Orlo
Johnson. A. S...... ..............
Tawa
Jensen. C. M .......................... .‘Four O'Clock Ranch
Kellogg. C. W....................
High Gate
Lay & Son .................... ....
............The Lay Ranch
Leathers. W. A.............. .. ....................... Buena Vista
Leek. John.............................
South View
Longley, H. J................ .......... Blue Ribbon Orchard
Loomis. Geo ......
Loomisville
Macdonald, Chas.................................... -Breezy HUI
McCuUy, R. A............................ ......... The Three Pines
Me Lallen, W. A ............................... Multum in parvo
McNaught, C. S . ........................... Ridgeway Farm
McNaught, J. F..................... .
Highland Farm
Monkman, % G............................................. — Webak
Newport, H. G......................... The Old Homestead
Pearson. L. H...................
Fairview Farm
Pennock. F. B................................................ Woodbine
Percey. C. B ............................
Meadow Lark
Purdy. A. W....... .. ............................... Coeur d‘ Alene
Raley Ranch (G. C. Ransier)........................Rainbow
Roberts. W. T ..............................
Tir Glwys
Boot. W, T. & Son.......................
Orchard Home
Reihl. John F......................
Silver Maple
Savage, B. S......................... I................. Beacon Hill I
Schachermeyer, Carl............ - ............. ...
School District 115................
Minnehaha School
Sellers, W. T............................... Sweet Briar Farm
Shaw. C. H. (Butter Creek).......... The Six Sisters
Shutt. T. E ............................-............
High Valley
Shutter. C. L ............
North View Home
Simmons, W. H ............................................. Tip Top |
Stewart. R. A.................................................. Sunset I
Stanysn. C. P................................................... Riverside
Stubbs, H. E ...............
Pleasant Ridge Home |
Jullivan, P. P . .
Sweet Spring Rsnch
Theriault, W. J.............................................. Lakeview
Voelker. Alfred E ................................ Liberal View
Watson. J. D _ ______ ____ -.................. West Lswn
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