THE HEBMISTOH HERALD. HERMISTON, OREGON.
3>lfe ^rrtniulun ìjrralò
fore March 1.
Published every Thursday at Her.
mlston, Umatilla County, Oregon by
Haymond Crowder, Editor and Man
a*er.
Entered as second class matter,
Decamber 190» at tbe postofilce at
Hermiston, Oregon.
One tom should be used for from
12 to 20 turkey bens, with IB hens a
good average number. Increased
egg production may be obtained by
running two toms to this number of
hens. If the toms are quarrelsome
alternate them as to time with the
flock.
Subscription Rates
For One Year _______________>2.00
It won’t be long now until shear
For Six Months _____________ >1.00 ing time. Sheep should be dipped
Payable In Advance.
Immediately after shearing if infest
ed with ticks, or the ticks will leate
Classified or Local Advertising
10 cents per line for first Insertion. the ewes and get on the lambs In suf
Minimum charge 25 cents. Subse ficient numbers to retard gains. A
community dipping vat Is one method
quent insertions 5 cents per line.
for practical cooperation.
WHERE IS THE DIFFERENCE?
Andrew 'Carnegie left four and a
half billion dollars in a fund to pro.
vide pensions for friends and others
unable to care for themselves. The
court held that this sum was not sub.
Ject to an Inheritance tax by the state
on the ground that It was set aside
by Carnegie for charitable purposes
and was constructed to be a self-im
posed tax. It prevented Increasing
state taxes by eliminating many
cases which the stale would other
wise have had to provide help for.
A man in Illinois who was killed
In an automobile accident left >75,-
000 accident insurance which was all
that stood between his family and
charity from neighbors and the' com
munity.
He had taxed himself heavily to
prevent those dependent on him from
becoming a burden on the public.
Yet the sum left by this man Is sub
ject to a dozen different kinds of
taxation, insurance companies being
compelled to pay toll on premiums,
capital stock, license fees and other
assessments too numerous to mention.
• The reasoning of the court in de
claring exempt from taxation prop
erty of Carnegie set aside for charit
able purposes is readily apparent,
but the logic of politicians subject
ing funds of insurance companies,
used to prevent increasing the taxes
of the state by eliminating cases of
charily, to taxation, is not readily
understandable.— Manufacturer.
Successful poultrymen test the fer
tility of their flock before the regu
lar hatching season begins. A trial
hatch is run to determine the fertil
ity of the eggs and whether the birds
are properly mated.
A True Fish Story
A naturalist, writes Jafaes B. Thor-
sen in one of his clever Insurance let
ters. once divided an aquarium with
a clear glass partition. He put a
lusiy bass in one section and min
nows in the other.
The bass struck every time a min
now approached the glass partition.
After three days of fruitless lunging
he ceased his efforts and subsisted on
the food that was dropped in. Then
the naturalist removed the glass par.
tition. The minnows swam all
around the bass, but he did not strike
at a single one. He had been thor
oughly sold on the idea that business
was bad. There’s a moral here—
take another shot at the partition
Maybe it isn’t there any more!— The
Recorder.
Odd Accidents
LUCK
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0. A. C. FARM REMINDERS
There were 854 boys’ and <irls’
clubs in Oregon last year, says H. C.
Seymour, state club leader. He states
that the productive value of these
clubs was 130,000, and the cost ex
pended was >78,000. The age of the
boys and girls range from 9 to 19.
Regular shipments of Florida
grape fruits reach Georges Clemen
ceau who became fond of the fruit
when in this country. He instruct
ed a fruit concern to send him a box
every two weeks.
A French military aviator has
beaten all glider records by keeping
in the air seven hours and three min
utes in a regulation army airplane,
with the propellor peviously wedged
to prevent its operation. The ma
chine carried an extra weight of 500
pounds In addition to Its gasoline
motor and oil supplies and was in no
way modified for gliding.
I saw a cow slip through the fence,
A horse fly In the store;
Roosevelt’s Two “ Red Rags."
I saw a board walk up the street,
Dr. John H. Richards, Colonel
A stone step by the door.
Roosevelt's physician during his Inst
illness, writes in the Saturday Eve
ning Post:
I saw a mill race up the road,
On my first visit to Oyster Bay It
A morning break the gloom,
was considered necessary to take
I saw a night fall on the lawn,
blood from Colonel Roosevelt’s arm
A clock run in the room.
for a chemical examination. He In
sisted on standing while this was be
I saw a peanut stand up high,
ing done, In spite of the fact tbnt his
A sardine box in t>Vn;
ankles were acutely Inflamed at tbe
I saw a bed spring at the gate,
time.
An ink stand on the ground.
While the needle was being Insert
— Pathfinder ed he was Joking with Doctor Swartz
and Dr. W. Martin, who were In the
room with ns, and I, fearing lest he
Mail Order Jrstire
A backwoods Justice of the peace should move Ills arm, thereby mnklng
used to consult what looked like a anothrt- vein puncture necessary, said:
'aw book, but was really a mall order “Please do not move your arm, go that
catalog. One day a negro was haled I shall not misplace the needle.”
“All right," he answered, “hot don't
before the squire on a charge of anyone mention Wilson or the kaiser.”
drunkenness. The squire heard the
evidence and then, after opening the
It Wasn’t Hubby.
book and glancing at it, fined the
One night u’hlle nt a dance I wns
negro >4.94 to be worked out on the Introduced to a dashing young man by
roads at 25 cents per day. As the my husband. We stood talking for
negro was being led away he said to some time, and I turned to talk to
the marshal, "I sho’ is a unlucky some one else, and ns the music
nigger.” Unlucky nothing,” replied started I turned around and, not look
the marshal, "if the squire had hap ing to see whom I was taking hold
pened to open that book at automo of, I said: “Well, honey, aren't we
biles instead of pants you’d be work going to hnve this dance?" I found I
had grabbed this yonng man and that
ing on the road for the rest of your ?n.v husband wns talking to some one
life."— Country Gentleman.
else.—Chicago Tribune.
By Jack Dionne, in the "California
Lumber Merchant."
Do I believe in luck?
I should say I do! It’s « wonderful
force!
I have watched the successful car
eers of too many lucky men, to doubt
Its existence and its efficacy.
You see some fellow reach out and
grab an opportunity that tbe other
fellows standing round had not real
ized was there.
Having grabbed It, he hangs onto
It with a grip that makes the Jaws
of a bulldog seem like a fairy touch
He cullH Into play his breadth of
vision.
He sees the possibilities of the sit
uation, and has the Ambition to de
sire them, and the courage to tackle
them.
He lntenslfieH his strong polntB,
bolsters his weak onej, cultivates
those poronal qualities that cause
other men to trust him and to co
War—What For
operate with lilm,
vjji
Rich Germans said, "Let’s have a war
He sows the seeds of sunshine, of
And make it brisk and snappy.
good cheer, of optimism, of unstluted
We’ll grab the earth and mnby more
kindness. He gives frecley of what he
1 he sun Itself would make us happy."
has, both spiritual and physical
things.
I hey had their war and bleeding lio
He thinks a little stralghter; Beneath the steel heel of France.
works a little harder and a little Their finest manhood had to die
longer; travels on his nerve and his Leaving the culls to have thoir
enthusiasm; he gives such service
chance.
»» bis best effort permit.
Rich Frenchmen say “A war we’ll
An then, Luck does all the rest.
brew”—
Success Is his.— Exchange.
Of all the idiotic stunts.
After another war or two
he French will be a race of runts.
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It has put Zozodont, Pebeco and
Pepsodent on your teeth.
It has Put a Gillette against yo«r
hay field.
It has put Murine In your eye, sold
you Cutlcura for pimples, Pears ter
the bath and Ivory for the tub.
It has put Arrow collars around
your neck and Iugersolla around your
wrist.
It has jammed your feet In Hole-
proof sox, put Paris garters on your
legs and Tiffany rings on your fing
ers.
It has stuck Robert Burns cigars
between your teeth, worn out your
jaws on Wrigley’s and posted you
on what to buy to cure corns, warts,
bunions and ingrowing toe nails.
Go anywhere you want to, buy any
thing you wish and advertising has
had a hand in it— absolutely.
And then some people ask "Does
Advertising Pay."
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Inaccurate incubation thermomet
ers may cause fnlluro of Incubations.
Thermometers should be tested fot
accuracy with a doctor’s clinical the
rmometer. Place the two in watei
and gradually raise the temperature
Io 105 degrees. Check carefully be
fween 100 and 105 degrees. Be sure
the thermometers nre In water of the
same hept. If the Incubation ther
mometer Is off one half a degree or
more, remark It with a file.
Blister mite on apples is becom
ing Increa; Ingly prevr'ent in Oregon.
Growers arc. f -c r
a control har
der on ap ple ti an o.t pears. Lime
sulfur. 12-100, will give good control
If applied previous to opi nlng of the
beds, generally < n apples spray be-
Advertising
Advertising has made the Vlctrola
dog famous.
It hag made the cash register the
big brother to retailers all over the
world.
It has introduced the world to a
substitute for sole leather.
It Is displacing the truck horse
with 40-horsepower trucks.
It haB helped you to an apprecia
tion of Stetson hats, Walk-Over Doug
las and Emerson shoes.
It has made the hand written let
ter an oddity in business.
It haR put hair oil on heads where
no hair oil would do any good, and
on heads where no hair oil was need
ed.
It has put Castorla down your
throat, left bristles in your gums,
and then came along with a Rubber-
set and took them out.
This is good weather
to get those post« net.
You will have other things
to do in the spring. W e have
an extra good stock of posts
for the price asked. W e sold
• customer this week that had
locked at stocks in other towns
in this vicinity
and then bought of us.
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co.
R. A. Brownson, Manager.
A Quick Retreat.
“I have here, sir,” hegnn the brisk
agent, “a device which—"
"Jobson,” yelled Mr. Wndlelgb,
“what do you menn by letting this
fellow get into my private office? If
I have to throw him out you’ll go
with him."
I hnve here, sir,” continued the
agent, "my hand on the door knob,
which I am turning for the purpose
of letting myself out. Good day, sir."
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Starting Out.
'Have yon ever had any business
cxiterlenceT’ asked the self-made man.
’No, sir," replied the brisk appli
cant for a Job. "I'm Just out of col
lege. But I have a diploma.”
“Well, you look like an Intelligent
yonng man. I’ll give yon a trial."
"Thank yon, sir. What’s the first
thing you want me to do?"
“The first thing I want yon to do
Is to forget that diploma.’’—Birming
ham Age-Herald.
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