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The rapid physical development of
Marine Corps recruits undergoing
training here is shown ip a report
made by the naval medical officers,
who recently examined 188 recruits
whose ages averaged about 29 years.
On the date of enlistment each re
cruit was given a careful examina
tion covering height, weight and
chest development. Less than two
months later they were re-examined
and it was disclosed that the average
gain in height was nearly half an
inch, the gain in weight a trifle over
five pounds, and the Increase in chest
measurements a fraction under one
inch. During this period the men
had not been put under a special
course of training, but had eaten the
same food and performed the custom
ary drills given to all Marine Corps
recruits.
Some interesting facts were
brought out by the surgeon’s report
Two of the men gained two inches in
height, one of them showing a gain
of five pounds while the other lost
nine pounds. Thirteen of the group
lost weight, but showed gains in
height or chest development. In ex
actly eight weeks, one recruit gain
ed sixteen pounds, grew three-quart
ers of an inch, and increased his
chest measurements one and one-
quarter inches. Another man gain
ed eleven and one-half pounds, in
creased his height one-quarter of an
inch, and the circumference of his
chest four inches.
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your tickets and supply instructive California
literature.*
A pleasant variation from the all rail to ip to California is
the ocean trip from Portland to San Fr incisco. Sailings
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Paint or just oil on the floor not
only keeps the floor from splintering
but saves the housewife much work
in cleaning the floor and in launder-
lug the childrens’ clothes.—Home
demonstration, O. A. C.
In tiying for a stand of clover In
localities where clover is not com
monly grown it is better to inoculate
the seed rather than take a chance of
getting a weak stand or no stand for
lack of clover bacteria. Any soil
that has produced a good crop of
clover in recent years needs no inoc
ulation. If In doubt write of condi
tions to 0. A. C.—Bacteriology, 0. A.
C.
The High School Mirror
Vol. 1
Devoted to the Interest and Development of the Hermiston Schools
(Nine Years Ago)
The following third grade pupils
have been perfect in spelling for the
past month: Mildred Youel, Laura
Phipps, Carl Meyers, Hazel Englar,
Harold Waterman, Dorothy Briggs.
Latest reports from Ireland Indi
cate that the dove of peace has gone
on a tear. We believe It.
cation the students of the High * Donald Shotwell is absent on ac
School surprised the faculty by a count of the mumps.
peanut shower. Miss Norton sin
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cerely believes a few cocoa nuts
The
Eighth
grade is practicing a
were showered with the peanuts.
play which they expect to present
The new constitution recently ad soon. From all reports it will be ex-
cellent.
opted by the High School, calls for
the officers of secretary and treas
ury to be separated. At an election
High School Notes
held December 23, Martha Winslow
Under the supervision of Harold
was selected secretary while Dorothy
Briggs retained the office of treas Waterman, captain elect for 1921,
urer.
the foot ball team of 1920 wishes to
thank the commercial men and coach
Leo Smith was elected sergeant at
es for their valuable assistance and
arms.
financial backing during the past
The Boys' and Girls’ basket ball foot ball season.
teams will play Pilot Rock Friday Herbert Hall, Everett Parker, Elmer
night, January 7th at Pilot Rock. A McElroy, Leo Smith, John Haddox,
return game is scheduled January Neil Boynton, Harold Waterman,
2 to be played in Hermiston.
James Hall, Gwynn Hughes, Carl
Meyers, Max Warriner, Paul Stock
Laura Phipps was elected the cap ard.
tain of the girls basket ball team.
Grade News
News is very short on account of
The last day of school before va Gwynn Hughes has the mumps again. their being no school last week.
(School Commandments)
Harken unto me, ye young and
tender students to the things which
I say unto thee. Thou shalt have no
open book before thee while thou
art reciting, nor anything withal to
refresh thy memory.
Thou shalt
bow down before professors for they
are jealous gods and will get even
with thee elsewhere. Remember the
assembly room and keep it quiet.
Thou shalt not kill—time. Thou
shalt not covet thy fellow’s seat even
Iho it be in the back of the room.
Thou shall not covet his best girl nor
Latin pony nor his fountain pen.
Lastly I say unto thee, "Thou shalt
not."
GOLD AND BROWN LEAVES
Umatilla High School
By Lotys Davis
Removing a Great Pyramid of Salt
School reopened Monday with
full attendance. Teachers and pu
pils both report an excellent vaca
tion. The teachers were enabled to
visit their homes by the length of the
two weeks' vacation. Miss Dunlop
went to Estacada; Miss Jenks visit
ed in Tangent and Independence;
Miss Larsen in Milton; Miss Irving
in Portland and Mr. Rush in Jen
nings Lodge.
Fern Rennick of the eighth grade
visited in Portland during the holi-
days.
There have been several withdraw
als recently. Ruth Pople from the
primary room went to Sacramento,
California, and Ray Trimulson from
the same room to Pendleton. Gwen
dolyn Merrick and William Smitts,
both of the sixth grade went to Wal
la Walla, Essie and Chester Trim
ulson of the fifth have gone to Pen
dleton.
Clara Park, eighth grader spent
the vacation visiting in Cascade
Locks.
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A school band is being organized
under the leadership of Mr. Frank
Doble, a musician of repute. The in
struments will be purchased with the
proceeds of a basket social held last
Friday night.
Rich, highylelding pasture is the
best and cheapest source of green
feed for livestock when available. Sil
age has many advantages in certain
seasons over other systems. Soiling
A "Freshies" Latin
is likewise useful in connection witii
the other two plans in some of the and slowly scratched his head..alnf
districts of Oregon.—Farm Crops, A “freshie" sat in the Lati nclass.
And slowly scratched his head.
O. A. C.
“By now,” he said, "I’m quite con
vinced
Nicotine sulfate is a powerful re-
pellant for caterpillars, but If they My brains are made of lead.
do eat foliage sprayed with It they wineense
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are killed almost instantly. With "Monday we had a Latin quizz,
I handed mine in first,
soap added the nicotine solution is
an almost perfect codling moth egg Of all the papers teacher got
My paper was the worst.”
destroyer.—Entomology, O. A. C,
“Of all my schoolmates got A,
‘Twas a grade they could not miss
The State legislature is being ask
ed for a fund of $22,500 for the pur When I got F my motto was
Habeo caput lapidis.”
pose of employing expert animal
—Anna Schachermeyer.
hunters who will be stationed at
different points throughout the stata.
The 1919 session of the legislature
Hanging is too good for a certain
appropriated $5,000 for this work newspaper writer In this country. He
Last year approximately $2,200 was aserts that “even with her mouth fil
expended and approximately $1,300 led with hairpins a woman is apt to
was realized from the sale of coyote speak twice before she thinks once.”
skins and other furs taken from ani
mals killed by these hunters. It is
thought the project will be half self
sustaining. In order to have this
money available, it is suggested that
the bounties on female coyotes be cut
down from $5.00 to $4.00.
The enactment of a compulsory
dairy bull replacement law is being
considered for enactment this com
ing legislature. The dairy industry
of Oregon has made rapid advance
ment but there are many owners who
still have scrub bulls. One bank in
Coos county is trading purebred bulls
for scrub ones in order to improve the
dairy stock of that section. Not all
dairy owners will even take advant
age of this offer. Certain improve
ments must be made through legal
force, as an example, the Stallion
Registration Law. It is planned to
require that all dairy bulls licensed
for service shall be purebred and
from certain standards and approved
dairy producing dams. Recently, at
the National Dairy Show, a register
ed bull "Flora’s Queen's Raleigh”
that sold for $150.00, won in the get-
of-sire contest over the $55,000 bull
“Sybil's Gamboge.” Thus it would
seem high prices do not guarantee
marked superiority.
No. 10
ses
A remarkable view of one of the great pyramids of salt In the famous
salt field at San Fernando, Spain. The men are carrying the salt to a barrel-
, Ing house near by. At San Fernando, salt water from the ocean Is let Into
evaporating beds by means of dyke gates.
HERE’S NEW FREAK IN ART
Painter Said to Be “Doing" the Faces
of His Patrons In Green
Color.
I understand that an artist has
swept all the other Idols of the art
world into the gutter. He has pro
vided the many people who depend for
social success on the gush of the
pseudo-enthusiast with a new lease of
life, says a writer in London Sketch.
It seems easier to attain a success
of this sort in the picture world than
In music or literature. All have their
Bunthornes, of course, but studios and
picture galleries are stuffed with es
thetic shams.
This man hit upon a very simple no
tion. He painted the faces of his por
traits green. Nobody In this world, so
far as I know, ever yet painted por
traits of living people with green faces.
Why not? Were they afraid the sub
jects might not like it? But they had
merely to choose the right subjects.
Did they suppose there would be no
public for pictures with green faces?
Well, there Is now, at any rate.
"People stand in front wondering
what they are all about.”
This reminds me of a young woman
who protested that the only author she
could “stand" was Henry James. Tn
"stand” and to "understand,” you see,
are very different things. This class
of enthusiast does not want to under
stand. They love to wonder what It
Is all about, like a small child peering
at the works of a watch. You would
not expect a baby to discuss the
merits of a watch.
PRE-INVENTORY SALE OF SHOES
Big Cut in ENTIRE STOCK—Men’s, Women’s and Children’s
$9.00
$12.00 Shoes -
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10.00 Shoes..............
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9.00 Shoes....................... 6.50
8.00 Shoes
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7.00 Shoes
4.75
6.00 Shoes........... .........
Children’s Shoes
4.00
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