TOE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON,
create the will to receite f ia t edu
cation. It la for the stirring up of
Published every Thursday at Her* I he interest of people— ell the people
mtaton, Umatilla County, Oregon by — that Education Week was Insti
the Herald Publishing company, Inc. tuted.
Entered as second class matter,
THE BIGGEST CITY
December 1908 at the postoffice at
Hermiston, Oregon.
The latest figures from London
show that etty only four-fifths as
Subscription S ates
populus as New York. The fraction
Por One Year
____________ 12.00 would be still smaller If New York
For Six Months ........... ........ .....81.00 were regarded as Including, as It
Payable In Advance.
does for practical purposes, the thick
ly settled adjacent strip of the New
Classified or Local A dvertising
Jersey shore.
10 cents per line for first Insertion.
Greater London, or London Coun
Minimum charge 25 cents. Subse
ty, Is used for purposes of com pari
quent Insertions 5 cents per line.
son. It contained on April 1 of last
year, 4,484,000 people. That Is only
EDUCATIONAL WEEK
79.8 per cent as many aH Greater
"The foundation of every state is New York had on January 1, 1920.
the education of Its youths," reads
New York’s official area is larger
an Inscription upon the walls of the than London’s. Yet New York has
Congressional Library at the national as nitiny people as London on an
capital. It Is a great truth, tersely area only two-thirds as large. That
told.
Is to say. what Is ordinarily regard
The present week, designated ed as "New York,” consisting of
When the telephone operator tells you
"American Educational Week," is Manhattan, the Bronx and the north
being generally observed throughout ern part of Brooklyn, Is more thick
“ the line is busy,’ this fact has been made
the United States and Henulstonlans ly settled than London. New York
known to her by an electric signal. With
are taking an active Interest in the ts the most congested of cities.
the thousands of calls in daily telephone
observance of the realization of the
There Is therefore little reason to
supreme importance to the country brag about mere size. Population
traffic, if the operator, to secure this in
of the establishment of literacy that means hideous congestion Is bet
formation, were compelled to listen on
among all the people whereby the ter dispensed with. New York, far
the line of the party called, prompt serv
grade of the nation’s citizenship may from being enviable In the matter of
be elevated and liberty, which Is population, Is to bo pitied. It Is an
ice would be out of the question.
based upon knowledge, may not per- | ¿„'fortunate victim of geographical
ish
and economic conditions, which have
This delay is eliminated by an electric
Following up Its matchless service made vital fortunes for real estate
device
which in the fraction of a second
to the country and to civilization, owners at the expense of the mass.of
upon the fields of France, the Ameri Inhabitants.
automatically indicates that the line
can Legion has taken up a greater
London sees such evils more
called
for is in use.
battle— that against the ignorance clearly than New York and Is active
which breeds vice, contempt of law ly encouraging the spread of it s pop-
When “busy” reports are repeated on
and failure to realize the importance • illation to the surrounding country.
|of good government. Education Week With transportation and enllghtment
successive calls for the same number, it is
Is under the special care of the Le Improving as they are who can doubt
generally due to an immoderate use of the
gion. Closely identified with It Is that In the future such vast commun
called line. The length of a telephone
the Grade Teachers’ association all (ties will be regarded as "cities of
ied with the state and national edu dreadful night” and small cities will
conversation is obviously beyond the control
cation associations. The United States be prefcred?
of the telephone operator. Have confidence
Bureau of Education has given Its
in
her when she makes the report
“ the line
endorsement to the crusade and Pres
AMERICA LEADS THE WORLD
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ident Harding has called upon the
is
busy.
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October showed an Increase In the
people to observe the week and that
export trade of the United Stites of
for which It Ktands.
859.000,000 or 20 per cent over
Education is no longer the prlvel-
September, a gain over October of
ege of the favored few; It Is a neces 1921 of approximately 829,000,000
sity for all. The field of knowledge
is also recorded, an Increase In pro
has broadened enormously and the
ducts sent abroad of 35 per cent
demands of civilization upon the In
During the ten month» of the present
dividual have Increased ten-fold In
year American exports totaled 83,-
the past half century. Organized so
050,000,000, exceeding the total ex
ciety— government—lias made avail
ports of Great Britinn, America’s
able to tho poorest child all of the
nearest commercial rival, by approx
advantages that formerly were open
imately 8150,000,000. These very
ed to only the children of the well- satisfactory figures are given out by
broadcastlng station at Arlington. stick to their farms and to the young that have remained as refuse mater
to-do-.
the Trade Record of the National When preparations are completed it
folks to direct their studies with a ials In the garden, form one of the
It Is one thing to have the ability
City Bank of New York.
will be possible for people within view to fitting themselves for en
to do and another to have the will
favorite breeding places for plant
These magnificent gains are ex range of the station to hoar Con
larged life out in God’s great out bugs which are to Injure the crops
to do. Educational advantages are
tremely interesting In their sugges gressional debates.
doors.— The Oregon Farmer.
open to all. What now teinaii.i« ts to
next year. Removal of these materi
tions as to the future of the nation's
The
Arlington
station
is
so
busy
all
als will destroy one of the favored
export trade, for the figures clearly
winter quarters of those Insect pests.
Indicate that the United States has the time that the broadcasting of
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j taken its place at the head of the Congressional matters probably will
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world's list of exporters of domestic be limited to the larger questions in ♦ 0 . A. C. FARM REMINDERS *
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which the public is particularly in ♦
products.
terested.
The figures show that approximat
Such a service may be of value. If
Pruning of apples, pears, cherries,
ely 40 por ("¿nt of the exports from
it
tendB
to
quicken
public
interest
in
prunes,
and peaches can be started
. the United States during the ten-
! mouth period were of manufactured congresional activities and so to en any time after leaves fall In west
articles, which goes to indicate that courage greater efficiency In Congres ern Oregon. In eastern Oregon prun
| the world is looking to America for it will be an excellent thing. If it ing had best be delayed till late in
.something more than food. This fact tends to over-emphastze spectacular the winter or early spring, to avoid
nlone Is decldcly encouraging as to qubllc questions nnd leads (he people the colder weather which Is danger R e m a r k a b R l e e s N u e l t w s a T t r e O a n t c m e e n t C lives
to greater Indifference as to the regu ous to pruning wounds.
I the future of Industry.
No matter whether you are Buffering with a
Of course, when Europe has ac lar activities of their servants at
Looking after the orchard spraying severe case o f Muscular, Sciatic or Inflammatory
complished the immense task of re Washington It will do more harm
Rheumatism,
or a moat painful case of Neuritis,
equipment is advisable at this season. you ran net almost Ina* ant relief by the use of
habilitating her industries and fi than good.
Every
day
In
Congress
ts
Important
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pratlon for agricultural pursuits.
Many are taking up business courses
that are intended to fit them for
oosltions in offices banks, mercan
tile concerns, exporting firms, brok
erage houses, and so on. No doubt
most of these young people have In
view positions of power in their
Have learned that The Herald prints the
chosen professions— positions of pres
idents, managers, superintendents,
best butter wrappers. We have the large
district representatives and the like
size, 9 by 12 inches. Our prices a r e -
It Is well that they should aspire to
high positions.
But we wonder if a large percent
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Rad’o apparatus is being installed age of these students are not making
In both houses of Congress at Wash a mistake. Just now agricultural
ington nnd connected with the Navy life Is not as satisfactory as it ha<
been at times in tbs past. Farming
Is going through a period of tribula.
tloB. Looking at the present only It
is not surprising that many who as
pire to success look elsewhere for
Many are buying them in the larger quan
their futures But farmers win
(nm u bark! Prosperity will again
tities,
but we are here to serve you all. If
perch upon the wings of ngriculture.
Just how soon Is problematical, but
you want only a few wre have them with
of Its return In due time there can
out the name. These we sell as follows—
be no doubt.
Is nor that young man or young
woman who, being fitted by nature
for farm life, looks forward a few
years and prepares for trained serv-
) Ice to agriculture or trained activ
ities on the so 1 of his or her own
|farm using sound judgement? We be-
I Iteve so. The student who enters col
lege this year or next and takes up
a "business course'* may. upon grad
uation in a few years, discover that
farm life has regained all of Its
former attractiveness and much
more, while the position in the city
business boils* may have lo.it murb
of the appeal which It now has
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Th«re i, every reason to believe that
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thia will be tn*e. We believe it so
firmly that we appeal to farmer* to
It is worthy of note that the first
five rows in the nged cow class at
the Hermiston Dairy and Hog show
were sired by gold medal bulls,
showing the posstbllty of combining
type and production. The first three
were sired by Poppy's St. Mawes, and
the other two by Sliver Chimes of S.
B. Hermiston's Jersey association Is
widely known, the bulls having ex
ceptionally good production breed
ing. One of tho five. Blossom Lad,
sired the chiynpion bull of tho show,
besides the champion purebred heif
er, champion grade cow, first young
dairy herd and second get of sire.
Silver Chimes of S B sired the first
get of 8lre group— The Oregon Farm
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