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About The Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 19??-1984 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1920)
THE NEW ROQUE CHAMPION e ** 2222 ses S wo : For the first time In the history of the annual national roque tourneys, a woman led the field In one division of the championships at Norwich, Conn. Mrs. Annie L. Whitney, a native of Portland, Me., was proclaimed cham pion of the second division after win ning 11 matches and losing but one to 11 male competitors. MOUNTAINS AFFECT BIRD LIFE Andes Said to Be Responsible for Num- ber of Species Found In South America. The richness of South American bird-life is due to the presence of the Andes more than to any other one thing. It Is tlie absence of great mountain chains In Africa, which ac counts for the comparatively small numbers of species of birds In that continent. From base to summit, four distinct zones of life-tropical, sub tropical. temperate and alpine—nre found In the higher Andes, and each zone has species which are confined to It. It Is not only the height of the An des which affects bird life. In places, for hundreds of miles, this gigantic range may appear as two or three chains, each not less than 10,000 or 11.000 feet In height, and these cli matic walls are as Impassable to the species living In the tropical or sub- tronico! vailevs they inclose as though HERMISTON HERALD, they extended to the zenith, isola tion la, therefore, added to the fac FEW ESCAPED TAX GATHERER tors of climate and sedentariness In the making of the species, and the in Old "Merrie England” His Net Was Wide and Ita Meshes Set three combined have produced a great Especially Close. er variety of bird life than Is found in any area of similar extent In the The Bulgarian bachelor who now world. The American museum of nat ural history inaugurated In 1911 a bi gr oans under an annual tax. equiv- ological survey of the Andean region aient to 8s 4d a year, has less cause with particular reference to Its bird to grumble than many a British cell life. Aa a result of the collections bate who shied at the altar a couple and field studies made, the museum of centuries or more ago. During the 13 years from 1695 to la now In possession of large collec- tions and data from the more north- 1708 the man over twenty-five who shirked his matrimonial duty was ern part of the chain. called on to pay £12 10s *($62.50) for a duke, a tax which yielded to the revenue about £1.000 ($5.000) a week. RYAN, HAMMER THROWER More than this. In those good old times the Briton had to pay a tax when he took himself a wife, and an other every time he qualified as fa- ther. Thus, a duke's nuptials cost him £50 4s ($252) ; his heir, £30 2s ($152), and for each later male add! don to the family his Joy was discount ed by a payment of £25 2s ($127). The benedict whose income was less than £50 ($250) a year had to pay 2s öd (60 cents) for his bride and 2s (48) cents) every time he became a father HERMISTON, OREGON The High School, Mirror Vol. 1 Devoted to the Interest and Development of the Hermiston Schools The Sophomores were hosts at the first party of this season, given at the Auditorium, Friday evening. There werq about sixty present. The first part of the evening was devoted to playing lively games directed by Mr. Bensel. About ten o’clock a dainty luncheon was served with hot choco late which was made by Mrs. Rubner. The rest of the evening was past in dancing. The music being furnish ed by Virginia Lock, Phyllis Dyer, and Norman Rubner, with Clarice Watson as an assistant. Everyone reported a very good time. Mrs. E.J.Kingsley, the girls basket ball coach, is very much encouraged over the fine progress the girls are making, and if the interest and en thusiasm is continued by the girls Musical Street Criers. they will no doubt have a fine team In Charleston, even the chimney when the season opens. sweeps are musical, and as their tiny faces appear at the top of the chim Miss Martha Winslow, Class of '21, ney they are sweeping, you bear: gave a talk Tuesday afternoon on the "Roo roo” sung out over the sounds of the street below. Also to this tribe single tax amendment to the State the charcoal boy belongs. He drives Constitution, both the affirmative Into town a tiny donkey hitched to a and the negative arguments. tiny two-wheeled cart The cart and load are black, the donkey is black, Miss Jane Gunn, Senior Class Pres the boy Is black and the only other ident, who came down with the color that you can see In the whole mumps last Saturday was absent outfit is the whites of the boy's eyes as be rolls them around and calls the from school this week. long-drawn-out “Char-coal I” eerie. A number of the boys are planning You wonder which Is the sadder and blackest, the driver, the driven, cart to attend the Older Boys Y. M. C. A. or contents, as they wend their soli Conference to be held at Pendleton, tary way onward, crying ever that sad, October 5-6-7. minor wall of char-coal 1—Charleston News and Courier. The Seniors are planning a big suprise so keep your eyes open. Oldest Confection In the World. “Watchful Waiting” is a good motto. . ..l , Geésrwosd 4. *■ " The greater part of the black stick "ooodewe Uaderwsod (h fweeporo cssyclsceryyar licorice consumed Is derived from Mark Anthony said—up to date. Spain, where It Is made from the Juice "If you have any profiteers to shed, of the plant and mixed with starch to Pat Ryan, the powerful New York er, winning 'the hammer throw In the prevent It from melting In hot weather. prepare to shed them now.” The licorice plant is a shrub that at Olympic games at Antwerp. Irene Castle tains a height of three feet and it Sophie Kerr’s popular novel, “The grows wild where Its roots reach the A Home Run. . George Ade, the Incorrigible bache water, It flourishes especially on the See-Saw,” which ran serially in a lor scored a home run off marriage at ba nks of, the Tigris and Euphrates prominent magazine and was later rivers. Rince the valley of the Eu- published in book form, has been a- a wedding breakfast In Chicago. "The emblem of pence Is the olive phrates container one of the earliest dapted for the screen under the title civilizations In the world, the prob- of “The Invisible Bond” and is Irene branch. The emblem of ability Is flint licorice Is about the Castle’s latest picture. It will be Here the paterfamilias hesitated, oldest confection in the world, and the shown at The Play House Wednes- and from his place at the top of the taste which the hoys and girls of day like so well was enjoyed by the lay. October 27 th. table Mr. Ade spoke up: The story is about a, husband and "The emblem of war,” he said, “is youngsters of 3.000 years ago. of course, the ornnge blossom.” wife who are still in love after four P. POEM Tell Mother That I Love Her Still A boy in Khaki was lying still; his comrad stood close by. When slowly the dying soldier boy opened his bright blue eyes "Come close Jack,” he said to his pal, “I've a message you may take And this is the last I ask, Old Boy, so please make no mistake. “Tell Mother that I lover her still, tell Dad I love him too, Give Sis my little wrist watch, Jack, my purse I’ll give to you. Give Nell the little diamond ring that I bought for her to-day Tell her I kissed her photograph be fore I went away." He took his wrist watch from his arm the ring and purse from his belt. And gave them to his old pal. Jack, who close beside him knelt. Those bright blue eyes then slowly closed, his color faded away. Jack saw his pale lips slowly move, he listened and heard him say. “Tell Mather that I lover her still, tell Dad I love him too • Give Sis my little wrist watch. Jack, my purse I give to you. Give Nell the diamond ring that I bought for her to-day Tell her I kissed her photograph be fore I went away.” DEWEY PAYNE Class of *22. Clinton Hagueberg has been abben? from school on account of an abscess on his arm. The third grade is going to have a new sand table to be used in teaching geography. Mrs.Miller’s room, the fourth grad won the penant for having the most number of parents at the Parent- Teacher’s meeting. Two new girls, Neta and Nora Walker from Walla Walla have en. tered the fifth grade. The Adams twins celebrated their tenth birthday Friday of last week Their- mother made two cakes with candles on them, and they entertain- ed their school mates at school. The sixth grade girls have organ ized both volly ball and base ball teams. County Superintendant Green and the members of the school board visited the grades last week. Grade News The first grades are still doing double work, for they have done 12 weeks in the first 6 weeks. School, both grade and high school, were dismissed last week at 2:30, on account of the meeting of the Parent- Teachers Association. Mr. Bense! discussed the amendment and mea sures to be voted oh at the election, November 2. Mrs. Van Duesen disscussed the value of a hot lunch and letters are being sent out to the parents to ascer tain the number of students who will patronize the lunch counter. Mr. Green discussed the teachers, salaries. years of married life. The husband, however, believes that marriage should not curtail his personal lib erty and prevent him from carrying on an affair with a dashing young coquette. After the wife has endur ed much humiliation through her husband's actions, she divorces him and he speedily - marries the other woman. The second wife holds the same theories about marriage as her husband, and the tables are turned on him when she soon begins court ing the company of other men. A rich New Yorker becomes infatuated with her and, furious because she wil not respond to his attentions, plunges them both over a high cltff in a motor car and kills himself and her. The husband, getting the re- port of her death, thinks it is his first wife who has been killed and rushes to her home, where they are reconciled. There will be an open season on school ma’ms in Pendleton this week. Hermiston people should go to Stanfield next Tuesday night to hear— Hon. N. J. SINNOTT Umatilla county’s famous Congresrman discourse upon the conduct of governmental affairs under the present Wilsonic regime and the result ing blessing to the entire nation when Oregon helps elect Harding November 2 and finally wakes up to the fact that her 140,000 Republican plurality should be directed toward sending TWO U. S. SENATORS to Washington, D. C., who represent the people of this great state and who will not kill one another’s vote in Congressional affairs. . ' - ... • Mr. Sinnott wiU spe^ at the PIMPLES THEATER, STANFIELD, Tuesday Evening, October 26, at 7:30 Eastern Oregon is prostrate in the hands of a country almost ruined by the Underwood Tariff Law. and prosperity hangs in the balance November 2. Vote for Harding! Hear Sinnott! Wheat and wool men are ie 1 8 8 Vote for Stanfield!
