THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON,
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ter begged her to
come and see him
before he was
sent to France,
The mother
opened the tin
Mrs. Davison
bank in which
she had been hoarding her dimes and
quarters against this day. The money
was scarcely enough.
Nevertheless
she started. She walked the first
eighteen miles Then ner strength
gave out, and she took a train.
She did not know that visitors to
Camp Funston stay In Junction City,
eleven miles away. So she got off
the train at Fort Riley. An officer
set her right and she reached Junc
tion City after dark. Somehow she
found a rooming-house.
Some onu
there stole five dollars from her—
five of the precious dollars she had
earned over the wash tub and saved
by walking.
Terror-stricken, she
crept out of the house when no one
was looking.
Later in the night a soldier found
her trembling in the street. and took
her to the rooms of the Young Wom-
en’s Christian Association, rooms
which the War Work Council had
opened as a clearing-house for trou
bles. The poor frightened woman
was put to bed, but she was too
miserable to sleep. The matron got
up at daybreak, built a fire, and com
forted her. The son's commanding
officer was reached by telephone
early in the morning, and the boy
came to his mother on the first trol-
ley-car he could catch.
The two spent long, low-voiced
hours together, perhaps the last
hours they
I
will have this side of
heaven. Every moment was as pre
cious as a month had been last year.
The old lady had still one present
worry. The boy's bad cold might turn
into pneumonia if she left him. But
she had not money enough to stay
another night and buy a ticket home.
When the matron told her that her
bed was free, she broke down and
cried and cried.
"I did not know there was so much
pity left in the world." she sobbed.
She stayed till her boy's cold was
better. Then she went back to her
seventeen washings and her memo-
ries.
Because of the certainty of Just
such cases as this was Governmental
sanction given to the activities of the
War Work Council of the Y. W. C. A.
From the Pacific to the Alantic its
field extends. Every state in the
Union has Its members. Urgent ap
peals for help are its cause and its
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OREGON
Entered as second-class matter. December
». 1906, at the postoffice at Hermiston, Oregon
Treasurer War Work Council
National Board Y. W. C. A.
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inspiration. Women of every race
and creed are Its wards. The task
of the War Work Council is tremend
ous.
When the United States entered
the great war the Young Women’s
Christian Association was, as always
working among women.
With the
call to new duties its members did
not abandon their old responsibilities
The War Work Council was formed
as an emergency measure to take
care of the women who were caughl
In some of the mazes of war, just as
the parent organization has taken
care of them through many years ol
peace. The varied activities decided
upon by the War Work Council fol
low closely the needs of the differ
ent communities of the country. Sec
retarles trained in the methods of
the organization were sent out
broadcast. They were instructed to
report to the National Board of the
Young Women's Christian Associa
tions in New York the lines of work
which could be best followed in the
various localities. These secretaries
work in close cooperation with min
isters, women's clubs, chambers of
commerce, churches, military officials,
and charitable societies. The rec
ord of a day's doings of a secretary
reads like a novel, an economic
treatise, and a psychological essay
all compressed Into a line-a-day entry.
A secretary sent out by the War
Work Council must be equal to any
emergency. Miss Lillian Hull at Chil
licothe. close by Camp Sherman, hur
rying along the street at nightfall
came upon a forlorn couple. A Fin
nish soldier had found a job for his
wife, so that she might come on
from Cleveland. When she arrived
she was refused the place because
she spoke no English. Their money
had been all spent on the railroad
fare, and the soldier was due back
at Camp. The situation was bad.
Thanks to Miss Hull a Chillicothian
housewife now has an Industrious
and grateful domestic, a soldier is
happy, and a soldier’s wife is safe.
Army folks often benefit even more
directly from the secretaries' work.
In Bremerton, Washington, a secre
tary was accosted on the street by a
sailor. She was a slender woman,
and he had mistaken her for a girl.
"May I walk along with you?" he
asked.
"Surely,” she replied with mature
understanding and intuition. “What
is the matter? Are you homesick?"
The lad's story came out with a
rush. Yes, he was homesick, so
hopelessly, despairingly heartsick that
he was on the verge of deserting
But this woman gave him genuine
sympathy and encouragement, She
saved him to his country.
From north, south, east and west
these pioneer secretaries sent In
their reports. The appalling size of
the undertaking was revealed to the
War Work Council, Systematization
of the work was the first step. Out
of the multitudinous phases certain
lines of work were revealed.
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Are you going to do any building or
repair work this fall?
Are you going to build a new bam,
machine shed or root cellar?
Farm machinery is too costly to be al
lowed to remained out in the weather,
while for a medium cost a good shed could
be built to protect it from the elements.
Proper shelter for the live stock soves feed
and is true economy. Feed used by the
animals to make heat can’t put on flesh at
the same time.
We must not let buildings go to rack
and ruin because the country is at war, on
the contrary the call is for economy and con
servation through timely repairs.
Come in and see us.
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SEVEN WONDERS OF TODAY,
They Will Probably Become the Com-
monplaces of Tomorrow.
Not a great many years ago a spec
tacled and skeptical old scientist wrote
a long thesis in which he claimed that
the world's great discoveries all lay in
the past, that the future bad no new
wonders to disclose and that all the
really fundamental inventions, discov
eries and researches bad already been
made.
"For,” said the pessimistic philoso-
pber, "there are no more strange lands
to explore, no more conceivable inven
tions for the benefit of mankind. The
telegraph, electric light, telephone and
electric motor are already here. The
camera and microscope, telescope and
linotype, printing press and sewing
machine, airship and steamboat are
already discovered. What else is there
left that is really new?”
But Mother Nature seemed to have
kept her most wonderful secrets for
just such an occasion. As If deliber
ately to disprove the foolish scientist
the next ten years brought out the
most astounding collection of new in
ventions and discoveries the world has
ever known, for, in the period imme
diately following the bold claim of this
doubting Thomas, Hertz discovered
electric waves, Marconi invented wire
less telegraphy, Roentgen stumbled
upon the X ray, Mme. Curie isolated
radium, Sir William Ramsay found
five new chemical elements, Edison
made his first moving picture machine,
the Wright brothers conquered the air,
and countless greater or lesser discov
eries astounded the scientific world.
So the seven great wonders of today
will become the commonplaces of to-
morrow.—J. S. Newman in St Nich-
olas.
Charles Edgar of Essex Falls, N. J„
recently appointed director of lumber
of the war industries board.
JUSTICE TO ALL
PRICE OF PEACE
Americans Are Active on
Russian Front.
Forebodings.
"I fear my doctor's bill Is going to
be heavy.”
“Oh, you are not very sick.”
“That’s not the point. He ran into
some obstruction on his way to my
house and badly damaged his ma
chine.”— Louisville Courier-Journal
Modest Pa.
“Pa, was mother much of a flirt
when she was young?"
“I guess not. my dear. Anyhow, I'm
the best she could land.”—Detroit Free
Press.
Notice is hereby given to voters that
the registration books for the City of
Hermiston are now open at the < th e
of the undersigned and will remain
open up to and including the 30th d y
of October, 1918.
C. M. Jensen, City Recorder
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.
Northern
Archangel.—American soldiers are
fighting in virtually all sectors of the
battle front in northern Russia. Oper
ations in which they are engaged are
proving successful and the enemy is
retreating. The Americans have cap
tured several villages.
The net result of the fighting in
which the Americans co-operated with
the British and Russians in taking
many more places in the last 10. days
along the Dvina, is an advance of
more than 50 miles.
These operations, which are still in
progress, besides scoring a 50-mile ad
vance, have been accompanied by the
sinking of at least four enemy ships,
the capture of several guns, many ma
chine guns and much war material.
Prisoners have been picked up to the
number of nearly 100.
U. 8. Aviators Demonstrate Ability.
Notice of Election
Notice is hereby given that a general
election for the election of mayor, re
corder and six councilmen, for a term
WE MAKE OLD CLOTHES LOOK LIKE NEW
of two
hereby
council
miston,
We not only press your suit, but clean it, taking out all
grease and dirt, and giving it really the appearance of new.
We help you to practice economy with neatness.
years, be,
Is ordered
chamber in
Oregon, on
and that the same
to be held at the
the City of Her-
Tuesday, Novera
With the American Army Northwest
of Verdun.—American aviators again
demonstrated Saturday that they are
masters of the air on this sector. They
engaged in 52 combats and brought
down 33 enemy machines without the
loss of one American pilot.
ber 5, 1918, and that the polls will
Influenza Toll Is Heavy.
open at 8 o'clock in the forenoon and
Boston.—At least 85,000 persons are
will remain open until 8 o'clock in the ill from Spanish influenza in Massa
afternoon on above date.
chusetts and the death list is growing
C. M. Jensen, City Recorder hourly.
JACK WHITE, THE TAILOR
Hermiston
Dairy
October 18 and 19
FOR SALE AT THE HERALD OFFICE
Leases, Deeds, Mortgages, Etc., Etc
The Hermiston Honey Co
and
Hog Sho
HAY GRAIN
AND FEED
Is now prepared to take orders for
BEE SUPPLIES
Wheat and Rye
FOR FUTURE DELIVERY
Order now and avoid the rush
Million
Appropriated
for
Millfeed and
Rolled Barley
GEO. R. SHAFER, PROPRIETOR
Allies Have Taken 325.000 Huns.
London—Since July 18 the allies
have taken 325,000 prisoners and 3600
guns.
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Students enrolled last year, 3453; stars on its service flags, 1259;
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Corvallis, Or
Oats—No. 2 white feed. $60 per ton
Barley—Standard feed. $48 per ton.
Corn—Whole, $75; cracked, $76.
Hay—Timothy, $30 per ton; alfalfa,
$37.
Butter—Creamery, 60c per pound.
Eggs—Ranch. 54e per dozen
Potatoes—$2.25 @ 2.50 per hundred
Poultry—Hens. 26@27e; springs 27
O30c; ducks, 25@ 30c; turkeys,
C an be found in our yard—from the foundation
up. All lumber is thoroughly seasoned and in
fine condition for immediate use. Our stock
represents the output of some largest and
best mills in the country, and the care we use
in handling and storing insures you nice, bright,
dry stock, easy to work and handle.
WE GUARANTEE SATISFACTION
Seattle.
Butter—Creamery, 64e per pound.
LEATHERS t GORHAM
roosters, dressed, 27c; ducks, live, ‘ •
dressed, 35c; geese, live, nc. dressed.
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Everything for the Builder
THE MARKETS.
Eggs—Ranch. 65c per dozen
Poultry-Hens. heavy, dressed. 36e:
light. 33c; springs, dressed 40042!
BUTTER WRAPPERS FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE
Phone Main 33
Influenza.
Washington.—One million dollars
was voted by the house to fight the
Spanish influenza epidemic.
Portland.
in the market
for Alfalfa Hay
Inland Empire Lumber Company
H. M. STRAW, MGR.
New York.—The price of peace will
be impartial justice to all nations, the
instrumentality indispensable to se
cure it is a league of nations formed
not before or after, but at the peace
conference; and Germany, as a mem
ber, “will have to redeem her charac
ter not by what happens at the peace
table, but by what follows.”
This was President Wilson’s answer
given before an audience of fourth
liberty loan workers here, to the recent
peace talk from the central powers,
although he did not refer specifically
to the utterances of enemy leaders.
Peace was not a question, declared
the president, of “coming to terms"
for “we cannot come to terms with
them,” as "they made it impossible.”
Peace must be guaranteed, for “there
will be parties to the peace whose
Sensible Girl.
"When Arthur proposed to me he promises have proved untrustworthy
and means must be found in connec
was so excited be couldn’t speak.”
"But how did you know be wanted tion with the peace settlement to re
to marry you if he couldn't speak?”
move that source of insecurity.”
“Well, he was down on his knees,
and I knew he wasn’t looking for a lost
ROUT BOLSHEVIKI
collar button.”— Birmingham Age-Her- ALLIES
aid.
Registration Books Open
LEGAL BLANKS
Mr. Customer 1
M. D. O’CONNELL
HERMISTON
By MRS. HENRY P. DAVISON
In an Illinois prairie town lives a
widow who launders seventeen bas
kets of wash a
week and every
night thanks God
for having put
pity into the
hearts of women.
To her came one
day a letter from
her only son. He
was then at Camp
Funston, Kansas,
learning to be a
soldier. The let
CHARLES EDGAR
Issued Each Saturday by
WOMEN AND THE WAR
OREGON:
Cell Ue by Phone 111
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Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co.
R. A. BROWNSON, MANAGER