The Hermiston herald., December 21, 1922, Image 7

-THE HERMISTON HERALD, HER MISTO N, OREGON.
PIONEER HISTORY OP
general satisfaction with the variety
—« i « n
m rue aneraohn she nad a large, as well as a motley one.
The
HERMISTON IS COLORFUL and price.
heard that “If Hilda admitted to tw en-,
a .
ty-flve she must at least be thirty-two." i ’elec,lon ot ,he Pr*»«”ts had given
The "Little Tin Soldier” has pass­
Hilda felt old then, discouraged. But ' Iun,or * ,udden and new ,ntere8t • n<1
Continued from Page 2 Regular Sec. ed away from special display and
pleasure at the big store, for the
she didn't quite accept Horace.
m inature implements of war have
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i chooeing of gifts for others was a
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,o hlm' and «ntlclpatlon of
a team which is a member of a Sun given place to toys of instructive
at first Hilda dr
earful, lest -heir happy surprises had filled his
day base ball league, representing ' nature.
at first Hilda drop a year every year, j Ollnd wlth gla,lnes8. „ wag wlth ,
four neighboring towns. The games
Another development In the toy
She could never claim eighteen, or real welcome and a hearty handshake
are well attended and the spirit of world is that of toys which create ‘By M,
oven twenty, even though she was very that he greeted his guests.
rivalry btweene towns runs high. A desires for useful professions, in the
young in appearance, baflllngiy so.
At first the cqmpany was rather
Graham
Hilda had been thirty for the past
favoritee form of diversion in the hot mind of the growing child. There are
overwhelmed by the splendors of the
three
years
now,
and
still
Horace
was
summer months is to gather on the j small surveying sets, for the boys,
Bonner
around, admiring her. loving her, more
h° U8e„
* 7 furn!shlngs
bunks of the Cold Springs reservoir and a high specialization of toys for
mid more aii
’
i and dazzling lights made such con
. I . U . V U T U N N t V T W U UNION
und
all ,ha
the .i
time.
and spe%d the afternoon in games, girls with which they may imitate
trasts that the boys and girls felt out
But the strain had almost been too of place and conspicuous. But after
ORACE had always loved
bathing, and lunching. Fishing is the 'he occupations of the mother,
Hilda.
ln the old days much. t lo .e m i l“ i .
,he “» " ‘"d'n« of the cobweb, the
rapids of the Umatilla, and hunting
Electrical toyB are growing In de­
they had written letters to im t «1 ™ t
I
m “ ‘O“g s,r*ndg * whlrh
each one to a
pheasants. wild ducks and geese in maud, for both boys and girls and the
h ld d e n g l f t ’ a tld When , h e
b ad
Santa Claus together. For w o u ld a s k h e r o n c C° “ e
season is the avocation of many a general tendency of buying for the
m° re
‘Uarry made ii;era
of themselves,
they had been children to­ him ^hon ho wo,UH
Hermiston sportsman. The reservoir .„Ider children is to secure some use-
“Way’
the Joy of 11 8,1
“>t0 ‘hplr
and
gether and Hilda was only iJmrn he 7 , a m
diversion dam and other sm all bod- ful article which has the pleasure of
eleven when Horace first ' return he told himself dramatically,
made them dance, the delight of it
Hilda," he said to her as he gave all made them sing, and they gathered
proposed to her.
ies of water near the town make ex- a toy but which w ill last much long-
Hilda promised to marry her the Christmas bouquet for the— about the big Christmas tree that
cell?nt gathering places for wild er than the former grew-gaw present,
when she grew up If he'd give well, he wouldn’t keep track of the beamed and twinkled In a comer of
water fowl.
Dancing
.and card play-
l n toyland.
the urge
is S greater
than Horace
of i n times
ln Ms
his mind—
,
, ,
'
se
'e e ie i m a n h
n l e n t v o f h o t flu tte r e d n o n co r n a n il number o
in e s even in
b ï T m S0. ,dn 6ed. J U by n“ “iy ° f in any ° ther “ ne t 0 ‘ Do your ch rist' Christmas candy elephants ln the ' "rve told you how It Is. I must know the parlor with an eager expectancy
that made Junior a very happy Santa
the residents, but there are some maB shopping early.”
meantime. It was a strain on Hor- jinul|.v, tonight I can’t bear this any Claus, as he distributed his favors.
who frown upon these forms of
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ace's slender allowance and It was not 7 .87 ’
Then, when the table had been cleared
amusements ns belonging to a place
always easy to get candy elephants, ! “" o n ’t you marry me, my darling? of Its dainty refreshments, the lender
Merry
Christmas
but he succeeded on the whole.
Right away, without any more wait- said that they wanted to give some
represented by a sulphurous mono-
There was something so nice about lnB’ Can’t we start out the new year
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syliubla.
i
Hilda. She never made remarks as together?"
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Isn here which are active in promot- -
— some girls did, and men too, for that ! “Can’t we—my darling?"
matter, which were so annoying.
And at last Horace knew bliss.
ing the social welfare of their con­
When she rang up on the telephone
Shyly, sweetly, cllnglngly, and with
stituency. There is a splendid study
she did not say “Guess who's talking, sneh slow yielding awakening Hilda
club composed of young women with
now, Just guess,” and disguise her was In his arms, and as she lifted her
fortnightly meetings in which cur­
voice. She always considered whetb lips to his she murmured:
rent topics of history, geography
er a person might not very easily be
"And you’ll take care of me, won't
busy, and so did not have what some you, Horace? And always be good to
and art are studied. The Parent-
considered a little Joke.
me? For I’m only a child, Horace
Teacher association is an organiza-
There were some kinds of people dear, and I mustn’t, I mustn't ever be
By M A R T H A B. T H O M A S
tionof long standing and has among =
Horace couldn’t endure. There were disillusioned."
lBrEfi'ma,lorlthiPoft narpelfChierS|haildu & "UIIBIIIIIBIIIBIIIIBIIIlIBBBBIIIIIIIIIIIIi- those who said, for example: “If thi
the
And Horace was filled with Christ­
large majority of parents in the dis-
,®. mkb . w „,„o N « .p.p«, unm».,
lightning is going to strike you. If, to
mas charity. He did not tell her of
trict. Monthly meetings are held in
OLLY scrap-books for children who F°ln8 to strike you. It's absurd to the time—a good many years back
the school auditorium and problems
are unfortunate ln being ill in hos- sav you’re afraid of It.”
now—when she had told him he was
of interest to school and home are pltals at Christmas time—or in any | Then there were those who would too young for her!
discussed. Through this association a other place, for that matter—may be saY 1° answer to a query about the
For one thing, he was too happy.
A Little Qlrl Responded.
friendly and helpful relation between made of bright-colored advertisements temperature of the ocean and its con-
And for another—he didn't think
home and school is cultivated. Tho pasted on cloth. Dark-green cambric ditlon for swimming:
nges amounted to anything anyway. Indoor tableaux for their hosts before
Community club ia a comparatively D1»kes an excellent background. If it
“The water? Why, the water’s wet." Everyone was as old or as young as they went.
new organization of women, which ls cut ln rectangles of 18 inches by 13 ( And then—expected him to laugh,
they wanted to b e !
So he called first for Madame Mel­
There were those who would say
Besides, at last Hilda had consented
la practically an auxilary to the and folded once through the center of
ba, and a little girl responded with
the longest side, you have then four “How come,” and expected to be put to marry him. He could afford Christ­
all the aplomb of a prlma donna.
Commercial club. The club takes up large pages for your book. Three of In a bright class, as though they’d said mas charity.
Then Signor Caruso assumed a kingly
matters of charity, providing rest these rectangles make a respectable something startlingly original.
For he was filled with Christmas attitude and looked upon the assembly
rooms, fencing cemetery and civic showing and give enough space for
Then there were those who sent pic­ cheer and a great and wonderful hap with as much as he could assume of
Improvement of different kinds. The many pictures.
ture postcards of foreign places when plness.
dignity. He was followed by Sir Har­
ladles also have a department of
The brighter advertisements the bet­
ry Lauder, who added to his posture a
ter,
and
If
you
can
think
of
a
funny
study and during the past year a
verse of "It's Nice to Get Up in the
thorough study of Oregon history name to paste underneath each one,
Morning.” This seemed to suggest
the children will squeal with delight.
was made
the Idea of going to bed first, and
T he'uT s. census of 1920 shows the “
¿Th V^ t‘° “
7 , gaIn,e, d
there was whispering about return­
cutting the pictures in outline, If the
ing home, but one of tlte guests said
population of Hermiston to be 700. figures are large enough. Covers of
they must have a song from San­
Some one has said that God made magazines often afford good material.
ta Claus before they went. This
the country, man made the city, but
A pretty cover for your book may be
rather alarmed Junior at first, but he
the devil him self made the little arranged by cutting small squares into
rose to It with a line qr tjvo from “Old
town. We must d*agree with the triangles, using the gummed paper
King Cole Was a Merry Old Soul,"
author on the latter phrase In regard
which satisfied the Remand.
Then
to Hermiston, for the presence of
they all Joined hands )n a ring and
sang the Christmas enrol, “Away In a
churches and the absence of saloons
* Manger," and so pnded the Wilson
from Its founding would indicate
party.
that it is not under the devil’s Juris­
I « H . VUTUN « v i m «
| As the happy shouts lingered on
diction. It is like many other towns
OHN WILSON'S boy could the Christmas wind the Wilson family
in that it had its boom and slump,
have whatever he wanted, presented a tableau themselves. Mr.
its prosperity and adversity and is
but his father had forgot- Wilson stood by the window, looking
tow enjoying a steady but very slow
ten something. When Mr. after the departing children. Junior
growth. It is the youngest town In
Wilson was a boy himself seemed arrested Ip the act of giving
Had Written Santa Letters Together.
the west end of the county but it
he had often lingered by away the Joy of the Christmas tree,
the baker’s wondow on his while his mother paused by the table
easily ranks first in the volume of
they really posted them from New
way to school and resolved that gleamed with silver, seeming to
York and Chicago and Seattle and
business transacted. Some of the resi­
that when he had become feel again a forgotten gladness. The
Hohokus, New Jersey, and hoped that
dents of Hermiston are certain that
they could fool the receiver of the a man and had made his fortune party left such an Imprint upon the
the town w ill some day Decome a
postcards that these cards had not he would buy out the baker and Wilsons' hearts that they have never
large city, but there are no present
have all the pie he wanted; but since tried to have a Christmas to
been at one time gifts to them.
indications of such a growth. As
And he did dislike those who would now, with all his money and all themselves.
more land in the surrounding coun­
say to him after he hnd had his last his manhood he had lost his taste for
try is put under cultivation and the
year’s suit nicely sponged and pressed. pie and could pass the baker's shop
population of the tributary country
‘How that has worn! It has certain- , without noticing the tempting display.
increases, Hermiston w ill increase
ly done you good service, and It doesn't i “ r" Wilson had forgotten that,
GIVE PHOTOGRAPHS
look bad at that!”
j It was plain that he had forgotten
somewhat in population. There are
—
now enough places of business and
But especially he disliked and felt ' It. for he had taken John Junior down ¡1
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TAON'T
mind
what yotir look-
as
though
he
could
almost
choke
those
|
t0
the
great
store
on
Pearl
street
and
plenty of churches to serve a popu­
ing-glass tells you! She is
lation tw ice as large. Not every small To Decorate Christmas Scrap-Book. who were given to telling others to J had told him that he could have for
prejudiced in your favor and
count their blessings, while they his Christmas celebration anything or
town is destineu to become a city but Christmas ribbon of different colors,
she’ll cherish your photograph
moaned and groaned and whined and everything that he saw there, and,
most of them must remain small furnished at all stores ln the holiday
and tell you it doesn't really
whimpered themselves at all times | "'hen his son had looked things over
towns and fulfill their mission as season. Get as broad a ribbon as pos- and about all things.
quite do you Justice. So have
| rather carelessly without wanting any-
such. T rying to im itate the glare. slble- cut 11 t0 make a square, then cut
It taken and give It to her for
These were his special aversions, thing, he had been surprised. The fact
Christmas.
The camera
has
tem ptations or artificial life of a city the s*Junre diagonally, 1. e„ from corner but Hilda was different. Hilda never wag, however, that Junior, like his (
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does not make a city of a small town. *°1 c° 7 er’ ? ’° U 7 “, then have f<>ur Jarred. Hilda was always sweet. I father, had already had too much to H« R,o“d many a shock and will
, I triangles of equal size. Cut another
Quality is preferable to size and qual- square „f smaller 8)ze
thp Mmeway Though Hilda did not, or had not as desire anything further. Junior hnd 1» doubtless stand many more to
ity is determined by the character of giving you four additlonal triangles, yet agreed to, marry him, and he had never known what It Is to be hungry j I comc-
without supply. He had never even
the people and their institutions, and These eight pieces can then bo ar- asked her many a time.
The second time Horace had pro­ had to cry for things. He had lived
by the broad vision of their leaders, ranged as fancy dictates to make a
under an outpouring cornucopia from
Somehow It Didn't Take,
We need small towns to cultivate the decoration in the center of your cover, posed had been when Hilda was six­ his first gold spoon all the way on.
It was his first great speech and he
teen
and
they
were
sitting
out
the
sup­
spirit of neighborliness, for in the One such s|mple arrangement is shown,
without the Joy of making a cart out (wanted to make it tell—something to
per dance at one of the Christmas hol­
rural districts people usually live
Of course these triangles need to be
iday parties. Horace was two years of two wheels, an axle and a board, label him for once and all as the great-
too far apart for real neighborliness raoistenpd and stuck on the cover ac- aider than Hilda.
or a henhouse with the remains of a I est orator since ever.
and in cities they live too close to- C° rdlng t0 the plan ot y,)Ur desl8°'
His oration was long and passion­
"I couldn't marry you,” Hilda had variety of old packing boxes. So that
It was very difficult, Indeed, to devise ate and he wished to end it with a
gether . The future of Hermiston
said,
“as
you
are
really
nothing
but
a
Raisin Fluff.
a new sensation for young Wilson or warning.
holds for
in size, but . Two cupfuls sugar, % cupful water, -hild. I need a man more my own
. it no greathess
.
kindle a new desire.
He could have couched his warning
it may have a greatness of service in j i stiffly beaten egg white, % cupful mental equal.”
With the posturing group of enter- In the old proverb about locking the
"But
you’re
two
years
younger
than
spreading the gospel of neighborli- j chopped raisins, % cupful chopped
tainers performing on the snow-eov- . stuble
after ---------------
he horse was stolen,
I am.” Horace had protested.
. _ door
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He
ness and In supplying to the commun- walnut meats, Vi teaspoonful vanilla.
ered lnwn before the house, however. but that was too commonplace,
"True,”
Hilda
had
admitted,
“but
a
Boll sugar and water until it threads
Ity many of the advantages of a city
wanted
something
original.
woman is always so much older than It was different. They struck atti­
He quickly thought of something
w ithout the numerous disadvantages. when dropped from the tip of a spoon.
tudes, formed figures, chased each
Pour on beaten egg white and beat a man.” Hilda called herself a wom­ other about, and gave their whole pro­ better. Then he shouted:
until it holds Its shape. Add raisins, an from the time she was sixteen until gram of tableau with an eye on the
"Don’t, fellow countrymen and citi­
“Come An' Gone!”
nuts, salt and vanilla. Mix well. Drop she was twenty-one.
zens, I beg you all—don't wait till the
In the days before prohibition, an from teaspoon on paraffine paper and
Again and again Horace proposed. following collection and under the In ,
Hilda always put him off, but she al­ splratlon of the hope that it would be hou,e takes fire before you summon
old, southern darkey was wont to set aside until cold.
ways
seemed to come back to him af­ a large one. They'd never outgrown if the firemen !
celebrate Christmas with a quiet and
ter
each
worrisome flirtation. Per­ wish or known the full satisfaction of
solitary bottle of liquor. Upon one
Buttermilk for the Face.
Merry Christmas
sistency and devotion were Horace's one, their appetites were alwuys keen,
occasion he was going home with
Buttermilk is a good substitute for a
strong points, and every Christmas as
w
h is prize under his arm, when he more costly face preparation. Let it he took
her the yellow rosebuds, which
stumbled on the curbstone. The bot- dry on’ O'en massage In to correct the „ a s hlg ch„ rce ,,f Christmas bouquet
..
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lln
iw in c r iMndcnt-V
a
n d mnlrxt
tK
a ulrln
drawing
tendency
and
make
the
skin
tie slipped, fell and broke, spilling
he proposed anew. It wag Horace’s
so ft
annual declaration!
the contents all over the pavement.
Hilda loved the flowers—the rose­
The old darky regarded the catas­
buds were always so pretty and Hor­
trophe with gently mournfulness.
ace had so much taste. Always in the
“Dere, now,”
he
murmured,
center was a spray of holly, and they
“Christmas come an' gone.”
were tied with gay red ribbon. And
A JOLLY
SCRAP-BOOK
I
SEEDS
CARRIED FOR MILES
Varlstlss of Wild Plants Havs Various
Means of Assuring Propagation
of Thoir Species.
It Is well known that the same crop
cannot grow and flourish year after
y ear upon the same ground.
The
wild plant knows this and takes care
that Its seed shall fall upon fresh
ground. Some, like the thistle and
the dandelion, have developed seeds
provided with balloons of down, by
means of which they are carried for
miles. The sycamore and the lime
grow little parachutes, which send
tneir seeds twisting through the ale
for long distances. The burrs make
use of animals to do the work for
them. They grow rows of tiny books
designed to catch ln the coats of ani­
mals, which carry them away and then
rub them off against bushes.
The
poppy has perfected an efficient form
of sprinkler. When the dry heads are
shaken by the wind, seeds are shot
out ln all directions.
The tropical
sandbox tree was the first Inventor
of explosives. Its seedpods are filled
with gas, which expands until such a
pressure Is reached that the sheath
bursts with a noise like a revolver
shot, and the seeds are distributed
over a considerable area.
Quality Butter
is C h e a p e s t
Insist on your grocer delivering
OREGON ROSE Brand
m ade by
The Hermiston Creamery Co.
M o re C ream
W an ted
“My Own
Home”
Don’t that sound good
to you?
Build a hom e fo r your
fam ily—
L earn th e real joy of •
living—
Let us help you plan it
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
and
HAPPY NEW YEAR
to all
Inland E m pire L um ber
C om pany
(ihriatmaa (grrptinga
In Ihr fnlkn uf tBrnntnlmt
Shoes
M a d e to
TOYS FOR CHRISTMAS
O rder
IN GREATER VARIETY
r i l l l l S company wishes you and ¿ill that
JL arc dear to you, the joy and happi­
Hermiston stores have busy days
now as Christmas shopping draws
to close.
European manufactured toys have
again flooded the market and fathers,
mothers, brothers, sisters, aunts,
uncles and cousins as well as grand­
parents. all are buying toys in large
quantities this year, according to re­
tailers In this city. Everything that
goes w ith Christmas can be purch­
ased In Hermiston this year, and the
effect of the world war can only be
seen In the purchase price of some
Christmas articles. The supply of
dolls Is much better than usual and
meehanieal toys for the enterprising t
boy offer a great variety of choice. I
This week Chrlstmaa shopping
for toys started in earnest and clerks 1
In the stores carrying toys, report a
Linge rea
Hilda Always Put Him Uff.
Hilda cared for Horace, too. But not
enough, not quite enough.
When Hilda waa twenty-five she al
most yielded. Someone had that day
asked Hilda her age. She had candid-
ly admitted she ’ H twgnty-nve.
Baker's Window.
and their enjoyment of their small
portion of fortune’s favors was great­
er than all the fun that John Wilson
and his son together could get out
of life.
The entertainment did bring one
new thing Into the rich monotony of
the Wilson household, however—that
of giving a Christmas party to some
who would appreciate it and of thus
obtaining a new experience for them­
selves.
The tableau performers were the
first to receive Invitations,' and they
» « * authorized to each Invite five oT
j their frienda, so that the company
1 that gathered at the Wilson party waa
We can meet the prices
of any catalogue houses
on the same quality
ness that only Christmas can bring.
To you whose good w ill and friendship
have helped to make this a happy h oli­
day, we express our most hearty appre­
ciation.
Come in and look over
stock of Army goods,
pants and shirts
C . J. H a h n ’s
Shoe Store
Œum-A-Cunt Cumber
(Lnnpauy