THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON.
We know a man who sent an or have a right to ■mile—ene who has
der to a mall order house for a case his Income tax mads out— and the
man who doesn't have to pay any.
Published every Thursday at Her- of peas. When the shipment arrived
Minton. Umatilla County, Oregon by he found It contained caned spin
If you see a man wearing a Parker
Layniond Crowder, Editor and Man ach. He notified them of their mis
take but they refused to exchange and Davis for president button It Is
ager.
Entered as second class matter, the spinach for the peas which he a safe deduction that he is behind
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December 190« at the postoffice at ordered. Can you Imagine your local the times. ________
merchant making a mistake of thia
Hermiston, Oregon.
A woman never gets a man's goat.
nature and not correcting It. You live
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hts
Classified or Local Advertising
10 cents per line for first insertion. word. With the mail order houses
Minimum charge 25 cents. Subse It Is entirely different. You are only
Lime Sulfur Controls Scab
one of the many thousands of cus
quent Insertions 5 cents per line.
Apple scab and peach scab are like
tomers. They have nothing In com
mon with you or the community In ly to cause much more damage this
MODERN DAY LITERATURE
If you were going to | season than last, reports the O. A.
The county Is flooded with liter which you live,
build a church, library or hospital; C. experiment elation . Winter or
ature of a questionable nature. Ob
you wouldn't think of asking a cats- ; dormant sprays will not control
scene and suggestive articles and
logue house for a donation towards ' these diseases. Two spraye of lime.
stories of every description are con
Its erection. You would go to your pulfur applld In arly spring before
tained In periodicals broadcasted
local merchants and ask them to con- blossoming time are necessary to get
throughout the length and breadth tribute towards the worthy cause and ' the cleanest fruit and greatest pro
of this country. Some of thrm are
in most every instance he will do so. fits. The first application (Should
illustrated with photos and draw
Don't you think that It would be be made Just after the winter buds
ings that would make a south sea
only fair for you to return the fav unfold and the second Just before the
Island queen blush with modesty and
or by giving him your support? He first blossoms open. Use one gallon
add another bead to her raiment.
of concentrated llme-eulfur to 30 of
A few days ago a magazine called has helped to make, your town a bet water for the first Bpray and one to
ter
place
to
live
In;
spending
hie
time
True Confessions fell Into our hands.
40 for the second spray.
It was albged that the narratives and money to promote the factors
that go toward putting a town on
therein contained were basod upon
Bridge grafting is a simple meth
the map. Can the same thing be
actual experiences of the authors. In
od of grafting that may be used to
said
of
a
mail
order
house?
this issue a writer » a , relating an
Hermiston Is where you make your cover girdling of fruit trees by mice
incident which he claimed happen
dollar and if you spend It at home It or other animals. The work should
ed to him personally. It was a mas
may some day return to you. But be done when the sap is beginning
terpiece of sensuous literature. In
If you send it away It Is gone for to flow as the bark peels better. It
the Introduction of his story he made
Is preferable to cut the scions for the
the statement that he blushed when ever.
Remember that catalogue prices are graft before that time although It Is
he thought of the events he was
not necessary that they be dormant.
about to chronicle, and after reading but a bait to sell cheap goods.
Be honest with yourself, the com
the story you would’t blame him one
Oil sprays alone will not control
munity in which you live and the lo
bit. Magazines of this nature geem
cal merchant by giving them a chance fungous diseases such as scab anthra-
to find a ready sale as Is evident by
cnose. brown rot, leaf curl, peach
the hundreds of them that may be at the dollars which you spend.
blight or mildew. Oils are of advant
seen displayed ut various news
age only for the control of certain
THE
OLD
HOME
TOWN
stands.
Insect pests and cannot be used as a
It
is
but
a
village
situation
on
So far wo have seen but one excuse
substitute for the proper fungicide.
some
Jerk-water
branch
and
comp
that they offer for their existence.
They claim that people should not any’s who publish and compile maps
Sashes for protecting young plante
be kept in Ignorance of sex matters. have a habit of ignoring it’s exist In a cold frame can be made at low
ence.
Road
shows
list
It
as
a
one
This is quite true. But there is a
cost from a material called "glass
better way to impart this knowledge. night's stand, while the knight of cloth,” a calico material which has
the
grip
who
drops
off
between
trains
The Hource of Information tipon this
been treated with paraflne, linseed
subject should come direct from the dubs it a "tank" town. There are peo oil, and turpntln Thcloth a yard In
ple
who
tell
you
It
Is
a
good
place
parents and not form the theme of
width and th propr width for a 3 by
a suggestive story. Men publish to shun, but to you It’s one of the beet 6 foot sash, can b purchased in any
spots
on
earth—
the
old
home
town.
such trash because of the dollars and
Back there Is where the folks length. The frame to support the
cents that is received In return. They
cloth can be made of dressed 1 by 1
are not concerned about the charac live and a host of old-time friends
who clasp your hand with a sincere Inch strips braced in the center ver
ter and morals of our boys and girls.
Ilcally and horizontally. Full In-!
These men have unclean minds and welcome when you return. Bark there formation concerning these sashes
Is
the
old
swimming
hole,
the
first
thoughts and people seem willing to
can.be obtained from the depart
recompense them for their expression. sweetheart, and the long shady road, ment of vegetabl gardening.
It used to be that people wno had with trees lined on either side, where
Inclinations to read this trashy lit oft of a summer’s eve you strolled
Fifty years ago north Borneo was
erature kept It a secret. But now arm In arm with a coy maiden, inhabited by head-hunters and pir
whispering
meaningless
vows,
when
days the fellow who can repent the
ates.
Today the descendents of
greatest number of stories from love was young.
these
pople
are fishermen and farm
No matter how far you may wand
"Whiz Bung” Is at once voted the life
ers. and many hav Joind the native
er
from
the
old
home
town
there
1
b
of the party. This Is what they
police force. More than one hun
want and Just no long as they are will always a cozy corner in your heart dred miles of railroad have been con.
for
It's
memories
and
some
day—
In
lng to pay for It the source of supply
the afterwhile— you promise yourself structed and many good highways
will be unlimited.
are In the making. ’•'<
There Is a goodly number of the that you are going back for a vlstt-t-
bnck
to
the
place
where
hearts
are
present day generation who think
Perfumes which still retained their
Poe’s Raven Is a treatise on how true and hand-clasps are a Utile after more than 3000 ysrs. were
stronger—
a
man's
old
home
town.
lo feed and care for birds.
found In four alabaster vases In the
Under the present conditions it Is
tomb of King Tutankhamen In
APPROVAL VOICED
Impossible for the present genera
Egypt.
tion to probuce another Longfellow,
Since our last Issue In which we
Emerson or Lowell, for the publish 'published an article under the head
The gannet, a bird living on fish
ers are aware that the masses are "A Bad and Unsafe Crossing” there In Northern Scotland, 1s frequently
clamboring feu- literature of a sensa has been a number of people who caught by means of herring tied to
tional nature and are unwilling to have commended Us for the stand we flat boards. The fisher bird sees the
put before them
a
production took In regard to the crossing where fish but doee not notice the board.
unless it savors of this kind, while the highway Intersects the railway Diving from a great height it strikes
a literary genius has to turn his at tracks at Hermiston.
lie head agalnet the plank, killing
During the course of a conversa itself instantly.
tention to some other line of work
or starve.
tion with a farmer who lives near
this city he Informed us that he had
Forty "huskies" or wolf dogs pass
SPENDING YOUR DOLIAR WITH twice narrowly escaped death at this ed through Edmonton recently on
Intersection. In both instances box their way to Banff, Alberta, where
THE HOME TOWN MERCHANT
If people who buy from mall or cars had been "spotted” In euch a they will be used by an Amrlcan
der houses would stop to reason we manner as to obstruct from view the motion picture producing company
are inclined lo believe that the hun approach of a locomotive. Each in the filming of a number of north-
dreds of dollars which at present are time a fast freight happened to b e |#rn pictures
spent with these houses would stay passing through Hermiston as he [
neared the crossing. If his brakes
at home where they are made.
The turken, a cross between a tur
These foreign firms bombard the had been the least defective he would key and a chicken, is a nw develop
prospective buyer with catalogues have met a horrible fate.
ment In the poultry line. For four
Is It necessary that the public take yars this hybrid has been propogat-
and other literature setting forth the
idea that you ran save money by Ig such chances?
ed by a California! breeder. The
There Is a commission whose duty male bird has a gobbler neck and re-
noring your home merchant and trad
It is to see that railway crossings sembleg a turkey. Th female haa a
ing with them.
Perhaps you have noticed that as are made safe for the traveler who turkey head, but othrwls looks like
a rule mall order houses offer for must ncessary pass over them. Let a chicken. When full grown they
sale commodities that bear brands us demand that something else be weigh 10 to 14 pounds. The eggs
which you are unflnilllar with, while sides a mere sign designating it * weigh 26 ounces to the dozen and
the local merchant protects you and railway crossing be added.
hatch In 21 days.
etrlves for your patronage by stock_
Hermiston can lay claim to hav
lng his shelves with articles that are
English as It is Spelled
nationally advertised and which the ing one of the oldest men in the
A stranger In our land was he:
manufacicrors r.re rot ashamed to state as a resident. He says that he
He tried to learn our spelling.
put their n»' iea t n. The catalogue can remember when It wasn't a pen.
He thought It would a seas, be,
prices niny l o a Lalo cheaper than Ilentlary offense for a man to wear
As buying or as selling.
those of your merchant but the ar a celluloid collar.
ticle you gel In return Is in keeping
He tried to write, bnt couldn't quite
There are two kinds of men who Ix*arn when to wrtght or right.
v ah th price— ‘ c p air».
He couldn't tell Just where he stood,
Whn using rood or wood or shood.
He had to stand a lot of chaffing
When cruel people started lafflng.
Then other things conf usd him no.
As dough and do and roe and row.
Have you thought of what
And mall and male and sail and sale.
a porch will add to your house
And many more that turned him pail.
in appearance, convenience
Said he, "I left my wife and daughter
In other lands across the woughter.
and comfort? Have you
I wanted much to bring them here.
noticed what a chance the porch
But they will hav to stay. I fere,
has made in the house recently
And I must leave yon .” With a sigh
He added. "Else I'll surely dlgh."
purchased and remodeled
— The School.
JEfjr ^rrmlatnn ifcralh
by Jens Skovbo on Gladys Av.
If you haven’t it will pay you
to take a look at it. Then
come in and let us see what we
can do for your house.
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co.
R. A. Brow nson, Manager.
And Then the Fun Began
For their first dinner In their new
home the bride bad made pie. "I
am afraid ." she said as she helped
her husband to a altpe.. "that I have
Ift something out. and that Isn't very
good.”
The husband tasted It and aald.
"There la nothing, my dear, you could
have left out that would make a pie
Aaste like thia. It'a something
Moq't give a damn.”— Sales Sense.
First Annual
Washington’s
Birthday
Dance
Just Received!
in Stock
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Nice Soft Pine
Table Tops
and
American
Legion
Auspices
o f the
Hermiston Auditorium
The program of the evening will be
interspersed with old _
fashioned dances
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Regulation Sizes
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February 22, 1923
A Prize Waltz
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also as many pictures as you want to send to the
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carries one of the best
Want Ad columns of
any weekly paper in
the state.
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Hermiston, Oregon
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DEVELOPMENT
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