Not even adorable woman can
make overalls look pretty by
wearing them, but she can invest
them with a certain attractive
ness.
The Hermiston Herald
TESTING SUBMARINES.
Issued Each Saturday by
It Is an Easier Task Now Than It Was
M. D. O’CONNELL
OREGON
HERMISTON
Entered as second -class matter. December
1906, al th j postoffice at Hermiston, Oregon
CHURCH NOTICES.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
Subscriptions must be paid in advance.
Service* held in Library building.
Sunday school 10:15 a m.
Wednesday night t* stir nnial meet
ETIQUETTE OF THE FLAG.
ing. Second Wednesday in
h month
at 8 p. tu.
Rules Governing the Use of the Star
Spangled Banner.
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Thore are many citizens who are not
familiar with the rules governing the
Umatilla, 10:00 a. m.
use of the stars and stripes. To them
Everybody welcome to these ser the following hints on flag etiquette
vices.
will be of interest:
The flag should not be hoisted before
sunrise nor allowed to remain up after
METHODIST CHURCH
sunset. It should not be displayed
Sunday school 10 a. m.
upon stormy days.
Theo. Parks, Supt.
When the flag Is displayed at half
Pi eaching 11 a. rn.
staff for mourning it is to be lowered
Epworth League 6:30 p. m.
to that position from the top of the
There will be no preaching at the staff. It is afterward hoisted to the
Methodist church on Sunday night* top before It is finally lowered.
until August.
When the flag Is formally raised al)
Sunday school at Columbia 2 p. in.
present should stand at attention, with
Frank Waugaman, Supt.
hand raised to the forehead ready for
Preaching at 3 p. in.
the salute.
When our national flag and state or
other flags fly together or are used In
lecoration together our national flag
MICKIE SAYS
should be on the right
When used on a bier or casket at a
WO,\OM! nE EDMOR AIN INI
funeral the stars should be placed at
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the head. In no case should the flag
NVTAIN' ABOUT Vf. IS Vf A
be allowed to touch the ground.
BON ER A GVRL?........ WELL,
It is an unwritten law in the navy
WHN OIONY A PHONE US
that the flag Is never to be washed; It
ABOUT Vf Z WE 00 THE BEST
Is always to be considered Immaculate.
we KIN , BUY
E AIN NO
For indoor decorations the flag can
MIND READERS NEQ NUKIN’
only be used as a drapery; it cannot be
AN' SOMEGMES WE ISS AN
used to cover a bench or table, desk
or box where anything can be placed
ALNANS GLAO o GVS KEMS
or set upon the flag. —Daughters of the
OVER
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American Revolution Magazine.
Hermiston. 10:00 a. tn.
TAANY NOV--G81!__ -
The Use of Candy.
Pure candy is good for children. Pure
sugar is good for grown people. Of
course there are exceptions to every
rule. If the doctor prescribes a diet
and orders a patient to refrain from
sweets the patient Is bound to obey
his adviser. What Is the use of calling
a physician and paying him for sug
gestions If the latter are treated with
Indifference? People In ordinary health
need not he afraid to gratify an appe-.
the which crave* sweets. Those who
have looked into the matter have been
telling us lately that soldiers on the
march hold out better If they have
rations of sugar than If their food
omits this useful commodity. A fond-
defense
sugar is often
ness
against the temptation to use alcoholic
stimulants. The inebriate does not care
very much about pure sweets.
a Few Ysars Ago.
Vessels built to navigate under wa
ter require particular care in their
construction, for when they are sub
merged they have to withstand the
pressure of water from all aides with
out showing the slightest leak.
-The newest submarines must be able
to sink to a depth of 150 feet or more.
At such a depth the pressure is tre
mendous, and if the Joints are not per
feet water squirts in as though through
a hose pipe. Ten years ago testing a
new submarine was a dangerous Job.
She might not be watertight Her bal-
ance might not be perfect, or, again,
the air system might not be equal to
blowing out the water from her tanks
Terrible accidents have occurred in
testing new under water boats during
actual submergence, but today all that
is a thing of the past A testing dock
is used, which was invented by an
Italian engineer. Major Laurenti. It
la a huge cylinder, into which the sub-
marine is floated. A caisson at the
end is closed and hermetically sealed
The cylinder Is built so as to stand
tremendous pressure, and pressure is
slowly applied until It equals some
thing far greater than the submarine
herself will ever be called on to en
dure.
The men inside are in communies
tlon with those outside by means of
telephone, so that if anything goes
wrong the trial can at once cease-
Pearson's Weekly.
HIGH COST OF SHOES,
It Sends the Dealers on a Hunt For
Substitutes For Leather.
“Years ago the shoe dealers’ cry was
‘beware of substitutes for leather I’
Now our cry is ‘give us substitutes so
that we can sell shoes more cheaply
to the masses.’ ”
Thus spoke A. H. Geuting, Philadel
phia retailer, secretary of the National
Shoe Retailers' association. “I'm wear
Ing a substitute sole now,” he added.
“Substitutes wear longer than leath
er—they give greater satisfaction and
save the wearer money,” Geuting con
tinued. “Shoes for which we paid a
wholesale price of $5 In 1915 now cost
us $8, $3.50 shoes now cost us $6, and
shoes for which I paid $2.25 formerly
now cost me $4.25.
"Not long ago the highest priced
shoes in our stores sold for $8; now
they sell for $18 and $20. A shoe store
on Fifth avenue, New York, is selling
shoes at $35 a pair.
“With sole leather costing 90 cents a
pound, kid skins $1.30 a square foot
and with the insurance and freight on
imported goatskins from the orient
alone costing 40 cents- as much as the
!<lns formerly cost the high cost of
shoes is explained."- Cincinnati Times
Star.
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other folks?
Did you realize that in this
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500,000 people who are buying
every week
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ments
HERMISTON. OREGON
WHY WE ARE
AT WAR WITH
GERMANY
DOUGLASS ADAMS
ment
Leland Stanford Junior University
t that the history of the rest of’
Morta Ie no longer left to Its „handling
— President Wilson, August 27, 1917
THIS WAR IS ONE OF SELF
PRESERVATION
“Here,” says Everyman, “was a
Kaiserdom seeking world domination
—and perilously near encompassing
it unless the world united to repel
him.” Thus the radical land reformer
sees the Issue. Is there any ene still
blind to it?
But were we in America directly
threatened? We were, and we are
threatened. A German book published
1914, and
the United States
called “Truth About Germany,” sought
to inflame us against England and
France, and to persuade us that Amer-
lea and Germany had common ideals,
characteristics, and methods.
( May
God save us!) It argued smoothly:
“Two nations united by such common
inclinations and ideals, boldness of en-
terprise, farsightedness, quickness of
intellectual
decision, admiration
achievements, can not help being ex
ceedingly congenial to each other.”
Pleasant words—but a lying tongue.
Would Germany, once master of Eu
rope, remember our "congeniality,”
and be a good neighbor in the Amer-
leas?
The Germans when writing for home
consumption hold a different language
about world relations and "neighbors.”
“Formerly German thought was shut
up In her German corner, but now
the world shall have its eoat cut ac
cording to German measure, and as
far as our swords flash and German
bloods flows, the circle of the earth
shall come under the tutelage of Ger-
A sturdy German
man activity.
egoism must characterize all political
The first principle of
action
our policy, both at home and abroad,
must be that in everything that hap-
pens the Germans should come off
best, and the others should have a
bad time of It." A nice, congenial
neighbor!
But Germany, when honest, directly
avows her purpose, ultimately, against
America. We must “wake up.” or we
will be the easy “next step" in her
ambitions. "Germany . . . may In
less than two centuries succeed In
dominating the whole globe ... If
only it can In time strike out a 'new
course,’ and definitely break with An
glo-American method* of government,
and with the state-destroying ideals
of the Revolution." She Is trying out
her “new course" now. "On* thing
alone can profit the German people:
the acquisition of new territory, . ,
that alone can really promote the
diffusion, the growth, and the deep
ening of Germanism." "Before seek-
ing to found a Greater Germany in
other continents, we must seek to
create a Greater Germany tn Central
Europe." “We must
see to
It that the outcome of our next suc-
cessful war must be the acquisition
of colonies." "We must make room
for an empire of Germanic race which
shall number 100,000,000 inhabitants,
tn order that we may hold our own
against masses such as those of Russia
and the United States "
Still further. It 1* no longer a secret
that Germany, while we were still
unprepared—were neutral—and while
Germany still ostensibly sought our
friendship, secretly planned, when vie-
torious In Europe, to pick a quarrel
with u* and wring from us part of the
coats of her European war.
If the American “easy chair” is
still
comfortable
serioua
thought of what Germany means to
do to us, than America deserves the
fate in store for her. This is the
material side of our peril, but there
Is another and deeper side.
This war Is our war, to secure our
purposes tn national and In interna
tional development. If Germany should
win, her principles must triumph and
force alone must rule the world, with
the strong exploiting the earth
If
the war ends tn a drawn battle, with
Germany unchanged In Ideals and pur
posea, all that is left of the world
will be compelled to engage In the
race of military preparedness, and the
world will be forced to adopt Ger
many's methods—now so hateful to ua
A Germany undefeated would force
us to destroy the very basts of our
government, our policy, our social and
Industrial life—to devote ourselves,
capital and labor, persons and prop.
•rty, to one object —a mighty mill-
tarism
Unless
win this war the
mightest, most
for liberty to continue tn our accus-
temed Une of progress
Authorized subscription representative of
The Ladies’ Home Journal
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Your Suit Renewed
Just at this time of year, “between seasons,’’ the question
of clothing is a puzzle. You don’t feel like investing in a new
suit, and yet you need a change.
We can help you out.
Just get out some of those suits you have hung back in the
closet, and bring them to us.
WE MAKE OLD CLOTHES LOOK LIKE NEW
We not only press vour suit, but clean it, taking out all
grease and dirt, anil giving it really the appearance of new.
We help you to practice economy with neatness.
JACK WHITE, THE TAILOR
The Hermiston Honey Co
Is now prepared to take orders for
FOR FUTURE DELIVERY
Order now and avoid the rush
GEO. R. SHAFER, PROPRIETOR
The Money- Maker
the Farm Today
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R. A. BROWNSON. MANAGER