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THE HERMIsTOit HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON. GUEST CHARGED FOR INSULT This French Hotel Proprietor Surely Went the Limit In the Matter of Extortion. YOUR SILENT SALESMAN “Many stories are told,” said Col. Elliston P. Masters at a Fort Sherl- dan tea, “of French extortions. But the wont I have heard was related to me by an army friend. “He went to a hotel In Parla with out making a bargain about ratea and dined altogether at restaurants with friends. “One evening, as he was starting out as usual, the proprietor accosted him In the hall and Inquired : “ 'I hope you’re dining with us to night, monsieur 7* “‘No,’ my friend answered, 1 have an engagement’ “The proprietor, with a despairing gesture, exclaimed: “ ’It is an Insult to the establish ment, monsieur, never to dine here.’ “ ‘Not at all,’ my friend answered, and thought no more of the matter. “But when he came to pay his ho tel bill, although he had not eaten any meals there, he found this Item: “ Twelve dinners—350 francs.’ “‘But I took no dinners here,’ the guest protested to the proprietor; ‘you remarked about that to me your- self.’ “T know you didn’t,' was the re ply. ‘Had you taken those dinners the price would only have been 250 francs.” “ ‘And what are the extra hundred francs for?’ " ‘For the Insult, monsieur—for the Insulti’” duce prices is to reduce them; and the ones to begin the reduction are the ones who began the increase. Leaders must Hush Money. Caller—Well, you ere a good little boy. Are you always sa quiet as thlaf | Johnny— No; but mother's going to give me a quarter If 1 don't say any- I thing about your bald head. lead the procession both ways, going up as well as com ing down, or their leadership may be called in question. From a pure ly human point of view, the burden YOUR Stationery is your silent sales man. Business men and business institu tions form opinions - about you and your business from the ap pearance of your sta tionery. Good stationery, well printed,. com mands attention; de mands respect. North Africa—Morocco, Algeria— comprises, according to Louis Bert rand, writing In L'Illustration (Paris), a storehouse of historical and arch eological treasures unsuspected by the great majority of Frenchmen. France's tricolor floats over these storied lands washed by the Mediterranean. M. Bertrand concludes that most of his countrymen visit the colonial pos session much as they would visit a spectacular review or something of the sort, as a bizarre experience of strange sounds and colors and muscle dancers ; whereas, If they would but open their eye», they might behold dead cities raising up their heads and almost hear the echoing footsteps of the Roman legions. He points, in fact, to North Africa as the richest museum of Latin antiquity In the world, where the ruins of the Imperial occupation are thickly strewn for leagues, crying out for the pick and spade of the excavator. “From Volu bilis In Morocco to Gigth! In Tunis,” declares the writer, “on a line 2,000 kilometers long, the Roman ruins are landmarks In Africa. With their tri umphal arches, colonnades, pngan tem- plea, basílicas and Christian burial places, they outline a shattered royal road without a peer.” Expected It White. “Americans traveling for the first time in Europe,” said Senator Bran- degee at a Hartford dinner, "display provincial crudeness In many ways, but the faux pas a Boston leather prof iteer made lu a fashionable Parisian restaurant was pardonable. Thanks to prohibition be was quite uninitiated In the matter of table wines—ho had mude hla plie after we went dry. "‘Holy smoke, waiter,' this profiteer exclaimed haughtily. 'Look wbat you’ve brought me—yellow wine when I asked you for white I'" There are no two ways about it: the way to re French Writer Declares Land Ie a Storehouse of Historical and Archeological Beauties. Washington at Forty-four. The authenticity of a portrait of Washington at forty-four by John Trumbull, painted on a mahogany panel eight by teu Inchea in size, has recently been established under pe culiar and Interesting circumstances, writes William II. Shelton, curator of the Jumel museum, In the Internation al Studio. This picture has hung In the museum of Jumel mansion for six years In the collection of William Lanfer Washington. The head is Interesting as showing Trumbull’s recollection of Washington nt forty-four, and his recollection was seconded by pen drawings made while on his staff in 1775. General Washing ton waa forty-three years of age when he took command of the army at Bos- ton. fumbling round for some excuse to postpone the reduction. TREASURE IN NORTH AFRICA Challenge to Thought. When you can't do what you want to It’s a challenge to think. If you can’t do It, why can’t you7 The chances are you will find It Is not .right that It should he done at all. Or It may he that you are not the one to do It. You may want to swim the Niagara just below the falls so you enn boast of doing what has not been done. You may want to fly to the moon so you can write of experiences never yet felt by man. You may even want to play the Jonah game so you can give your experiences of a few days In the deep. But you can’t do It. The why Iles in the fact that you are not made for such exploits. To attempt any one of them would be to tempt self destruction. The crowd might stand by and watch you make the effort and when you failed they would call you a fool. When you can’t do what you want to—think.—Grit • FUCH of the talk about price re- IVI duction Is merely a mental of any period of change ought to be borne by those most able to bear it. Losses always follow wrong economic conditions, just as gains accrue dur ing wrong economic conditions; those must endure the one who have en joyed the other. And it is not loss at that; it is wise investment. Hermiston Auto Co. A little help here and there, prevent, a lot of wear and tear Painless Parker The Famous Dentist eople living a hundred miles or more away come to my offices to have their teeth fixed up. I make it a rule that those from a distance shall be waited upon immediately and their work be completed first, so they can go back home as soon as possible. Years ago I discovered how to extract and fix teeth with out hurting, and was so successful that people called me “Painless” Parker. My practice has grown until I now have P Herald Printing Is Quality Printing COMMANDS ATTENTION; DEMANDS RESPECT twenty-eight offices, and all my associ ates in these offices have been taught how to practice painless dentistry as well as I can do it myself. We have fixed up the teeth of over a million people, and call our way of practicing “the E. R. Parker System.” If your teeth are bothering you, and you want them put in good shape without hurt ing and without pay ing a fancy price, come to our nearest office, which you will find located at 755 Main Street, Pendleton I 33" PER CENT OFF What Is Your Telephone Service Worth? ■ on ■ • Leather Vests and Mackinaws : : The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company has built up a telephone system in Oregon from 7027 stations in 1900 to 94528 stations In 1920. This development was secured for the moet part dur ing a period when cost of labor and materials was normal. During these 20 years the Telephone Company has carried out Its part In the building of Oregon. Ils operating expenses have increased faster than its revenue—for the last five years it has been operating at an Increasing deficit. condition cannot permanently continue, This , New capital cannot be obtained by public utilities at all except when rates are such as will afford reasonable assurance, with efficient management, of earnings sufficient to care for legitimate fixed chargea and establish for them a basis of credit. This does not mean, that rates should be such as in themselves will supply new capital, but that they be such as to justify capital investments in com petition with other business ventures. The proposed rates represent a very small increase to the individual user—from 2% to 11 cents per day. In the aggregate they represent a revenue to the Telephone Company sufficient to enable it to continue to serve the public, meet its pay-roll obligations and show a reasonable return upon a legitimate investment. Adequate service Is dependent upon adequate rates. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. KINGSLEY MERCANTILE CO. PHONE 171
