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Oregon Press
Comment
Many men would avoid failu re in
th eir wives did not have
such ex trav ag an t husbands..—Boston
Shoe and L eather R eporter.
“
1 Bill Nicholas couldn’t w ait for the
rain to cease before he was out on
(th e roads w ith the drags. B ut th a t's
1 the way w ith our roadm aster.— Hood
Published every Thursday at Hermiston, Umatilla Couaty, Oregon, in the heart of Eadern
Oregon’s great irrigated alfalfa fields, by the Herald Publishing Company.
BERNARD MAINWAR1NG, EDITOR
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The Dalles Chronicle
One by one. our recent crop of m ur.
derers and alledged m urders is being
accounted for. W ith a clockw ork
reg u larity th a t is little short of
am azing in these days w hen jurors
too often are subjected to the in flu
ences of sentim entalism and barrag-
ed w ith insanity defenses, th e o rth o
dox group of 12 freeholders has been
finding guilty the* men along the
coast accused of gruesome homicides.
A Wasco county Jury, in the face of
an insanity defense, convicted Abe
Evans. W illiam H ightow er, accused
of abducting and m urdering a priest
In C alfornia, was convicted. Itev
W illiam Spencer, a m inister, was con
victed In C alifornia of th e charge of
m urdering his wife. Maloney, in Seat
tle, was convicted of m urdering his
aged bride, and faces the death sen
tence. Can it be th a t the citizenry
from w hich Jurors are chosen is tired
of Insanity defenses and sentim ental
appeals? Can it be th n t the people are
aw akening to the sinister danger that
lies in the increasing num ber of
blood crim es th a t are being com mit
ted? T h at seemB to be the case. The
conviction is grow ing th a t ruthless
crim es should be ruthlessly punished.
HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON.
One of the principal defects in the
fath e r's pocketbook will look plu m p
e r and in much b etter h ea lth . If I governm ental machine, it seems to
' us, is th a t there is a su p erflu ity of
the dean succeeds in convincing the
girls she will have niore th an earn ed nuts.— Columbia (S. C.) Record.
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her salary for- th is year.
The magazine w riter who says a
■ dog fills an em pty space In a nitiii'»
Andy Votstcnd says th a t his life life m ust have been referrin g to a
has been th reaten ed , b ut we’ll w ager hot dog.—-Greenville (S. C.) Pied
no bootleger did it.— Columbia R e mont.
cord.
The th in g th a t troubles the coun
try
is not only the unem ploym ent of
"Good tim es are ju st around th e
corner.” But it is h ard to negotiate th e idle, but the Idleness of the em
the corner on four flat tires.— New ployed.— Chicago A m erican L um ber
man.
York M orning Telegram .
Tbe W est needs cheap labor for
(he farm s and lots of it. Let a move
m ent be sta rted to b ring a p a rt of
the incoming im m igrants W est as
they came across by th e train lo ad 30
years ago. The im m igrants w ill re
duce the cost of living by helping us
increase production.— La P ine In ter-
.Mountain.
*38*«^ its
Plan This W inter
It is becoming ap p aren t th a t Dr.
Brumfield is sham m ing. P erh ap s he
will discover la ter th a t the hangm an
is not.—-W eston Leader.
Oregon Press
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H elnie calls reparation “ W ieber-
W hy is flour so high, when w heat
gutm achunsbleistungen” w ith em is so low? Solve a few of hese ques
phasis on the next to th e ast syl tions and the strik e will take care ot
lable, which is " stu n g ”.— G reenville Itself.— A urora Observer.
t
(S. C.) Piedmont.
Reduce fares on the Oregon Elec
The only pleasant th in g about the tric have gone in to effect between
The world is learn in g th a t, if it is noise of a motorcycle is the rapidity Pot tland and Salem. Prom Salem to
to have perm anent peace, it m ust w i|h which it gets somewhere else.— Eugene the w ar-tim e rate s still
rely on its hands ra th e r th a n its K ansas City Star.
stand. W hy?— Eugene Guard.
arm s.— N orfolk V irginian-P ilot.
The C apital-Journal suggests a
W here could you go to beat th is
"poll ta x ” to raise the necessary w eather? T here may be some draw
The League of N ations is begin
am ount in Oregon for th e 1925 fair backs to living in th is E astern Ore
ning to look like a bill a fte r th e en
Anybody else got a suggestion? You gon country, and in Morrow county,
acting clause has been strick en o ut
are not taxed for m aking the sugges but the w eather is not one of them .—
— Boston Shoe and L eath er Reporter.
tion.— A urora Observer.
H eppner Gazette-Times.
A Colorado decedent’s will provid
Life Is ju st one melody afte r a n o th
A nother radical wrong.
H igh
ed th a t each of his pall bearers er. W hen Ralph Cater s accordion
tuilroad officials receive salaries
should receive a gallon of whiskey.
sinks to rest, somebody uncorks a
Sensible Dress at 0. A. C.
Ryes from th e dead, as it w ere.— cornet in the fire departm ent.— higher th an our best governm ent Jobs
Corvallis Gazette-Tim es
Cut these salaries 50 per cent and
W eston Leader.
Olympia (W ash.) Olympian.
money will be left to pay sw itchm en,
The dean of women has asked the
At la st Los Angelos is shocked.
O. A. C. co-eds to w ear dinner dresses
A Scotch professor estim ates the firem en, ect.— A urora Observer.
to dances instead of ball gowns. It's But is took an earth q u ak e to do it.— age of the earth a t 8,000,000,000
Fords are not the cause of all m is.
a sensible move. Not only do the Dallas News.
years, and yet it isn 't old enough to fortune. A Chicago m an had his
Invent an effective su b stitu te for w rist broken the oth er day w hile
w ar.— Boston Shoe and L eather R e cran k in g an ice cream freezer.—
porter.
Condon Globe-Times.
A utum n is here, and the house
The arm y . of th e unem ployed is
shortage w ill soon become more acute
large, enough, b u t we would be glad
as people resume th e practice of s ta rt
if its ran k s w ere swelled by the
I ing fifes f.vith ktfusdne^—Cantcm
num erous press ag en ts who persist
Repository.
in burdening o u r m ail w ith useless
May not the Ku Klux K ian be a m atter.— W eston Leader.
j unique plan to rid the m ark et of a
I lot of n ig h tsh irts w hich were rele
Soil Analysis Not Feasible
gated to shelves by the fnore popular
Samples of Oregon Boils taken ac
pajam as?— P ittsb u rg Post.
cording to directions w ill be exam in
ed and if possible identified as to
The
Zionist
leader
who
asserts
One pound free with each five pound can; one-
(here is no such th in g as law of grav- type, b ut Is it not feasible to m ake
half pound free w i'h each two and one-half
! Itation m n v have obtained the im complete analyses of th e m any
pound can. This reduces your coffee to
pression w hile looking for w ar prices samples taken irreg u larily and sent
to th e sta te college experim ent s ta
to come down.— Miami Metropolis.
nearly 40 cents per pound and coffee
tion. Soil surveys are being made
China says she m ust fig h t Jap an as rapidly as possible including
of the very best quality.
w ith words. W ell, a Chinese word physical and chem ical analyses of the
looks like a leth al weapon.— Toronto
various types, w hich are tested for
Star.
fertilizer needs and methods of m an
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West V irginia w ill now have to agem ent. It is th u s Impossible to
get busy and m ine and sell a little analyze th e m any m iscellaneous
coal in order to lay in a supply of samples sent in. They w il be given
w inter am m unition.— Brooklyn Eagle simple tests for acidity, alkali or or
ganic m a tte r w here desirable. The
The editor who spoke of a severe soils d ep artm en t w ill be glad to
shake-up in Government offices evi learn of any soil troubles, and w ill
and a t greatly reduced prices.
dently refers to the fact th a t bureau send free directions for tak in g and
Corn, per 1 0 0 ................................................... $1.90
chiefs ride in flivvers now.— M anila sending soil samples.
Bulletin.
Barley, per sack
........................................ 1.35
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BUILD IN THE SPRING
All indications show that
lumber prices have reach
ed rock bottom. There
are so many new homes
needed that it is only rea
sonable to expect build
ing costs to increase with
spring demand.
Republican
in stitu tio n s
can n o t
long endure w here th ere is enforced
labor; or, for th a t m a tte r, w here
there is enforced Idleness.— Roanoke
World News.
Select a design for your new bon e. Plixe tl e con
trac t for the material now. Build as soon
as the .weather will permit.
Inland Empire Lumber Company
Phone 331
“ The Yard of Best Quality ”
H. M. 5TRAW. MGR.
Exclusive Representatives of National Builders Bureau
Don’t Forget
Golden Gate Coffee
— — Week —
Sterri
SEE
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Nov. 1 to Nov. 10
C O N F E C T IO N E R Y
S T A T IO N E R Y
Delicious
Wholesome
Confectionery
-F O R -
GUNS
T his is C offee Season
You will find our Stock of feed
Quite Complete
Shorts, per s a c k ................................................. 1.35
Mill Run, per sack — ...............
1.25
Bran, per sack
1.00
Scratch Feed, per 100
2.75
Often th e fellow who yells the
loudest th a t the w orkingm an should
have saved his w ar wages is some
pro fitteer who d id n 't give him a
chance.— Chicago American Lumber-
Turkey Bara Dictionaries.
Dictionaries are forbidden entrance
to Turkey because the sultan la usually
mentioned In such books, and that is
contrary to Turkish law.
Tasty
Stationery
For Women
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A FULL LINE
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Coal, $1.00 per ton
Wood, $1.00 per cord
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