THE HERMISTON HZRXLD, HERMISTON, OREG0Y.
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EDUCATION AT SMALL COST TOOK TURNS BEINO SERPENT
Writer Urges Rub I i cation of Little
Books That Could Bo Circulated
by tho Thousand.
Published «very Thursday at tier*
mlston, Umatilla County, Oregon by
Raymond Crowder, Editor and Man
ager.
Entered aa second close matter,
December 190« at the postoffice at
Hermiston, Oregon.
Alternated In Character
That H U Meet Deeirabla Part
In the IntortoInmsnL
IRRIGON NEWS ITEMS
In the old days little books could
be had In France for the price of
postage stamps—that Is, for ten cen
times, or two cents, each. Even now
the prices are only four or five times
Subscription Rates
as great, and the Frenchman who Is
For One Year
------------------- «2.00
going out of Paris for an hour’s Jour
For Six M o n th s
______ «1.00
ney can supply himself with “Eugenie
Payable In Advance.
Grandet" In two numbers, or “Sappho*
In three, or “Pickwick” or “Faust” or
Classified or Local Advertising
the “Odvssey" In four, at the cost of
10 cents per lin e for first Insertion. I
33 to 50 centimes a number. The
Minimum charge 25 cent«. 8'ibao- ]
paper-hound books which huve Just
quent Insertions 5 cents per line.
been Issued In this country are much
more expensive, to he sure, but the
paper and print are also of much bet
DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN AD-1
ter quality, and the cost of produc
VEKTISING AND NEWS
tion could certainly be cut, without
There are certain people who drop I
any loss In usefulness. In the matter
In on the editor and relate to him I An optomlst Is an armless man of price, the American booklets now
certain matters which they insist Is I * h ° W*U exposa himself to the seven sold at 20 cents rank with the popular
news. As a matter of fact it Is noth- I year ttch and exclaim, "I should magazines, rather than with hooks,
and It Is In competition with the popu
lng more or less than advertising | worry
lar magazines that a series like Ar-
from which these people derive direct
theme Faysrds should be sold. If a
Press dispatches state that all it rack filled with such little honks could
benefits.
I quiet in Ireland. If such be the case. he Installed on every news stand In
A dvertising is our stock In trad
Ireland Isn’t Ireland any more.
the subways of New York, and then
This Is what we have to sell. The
eventually on several thousand news
editor who persists In giving It «way
up and down the country, the
MOST DEADLY OF POISONS stands
Is damaging him self to the same ex
enterprise might eventually more than
tent as the merchant who w ill take
pay Its way; and In any case It would
goods off Ills shelf and hand them Bacillus of Botullivn Admitted to Be be worth more to the people of these
Worse Than Any Other
states than the fattest of endowed
out to the public free of charge.
Known to Science.
universities.—From the Freeman.
Sheriffs are kept busy tacking not
Ices upon the doors of newspaper
Experiments carried on at the Har
offices who place no vulue upon ad vard Medical school Indicate that the WOOD HAS MANY ADVANTAGES CAN BE CARRIED TOO FAR
vertlslng.
poison produced by the baclllns of
Lyle Seaman was a week-end visi
Reconstructed Material That Can Be Indianapolis Man Satisfied That Thera
A good many of these people are botulism Is very much more deadly
tor
In Portland where ha visited with
Molded
Instead
of
Usual
Costly
Should
Bs
a
Limit
Placed
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..
. ,, , .. ,
. than prussic add, although fortunate-
honest in the belief that they «re ,y „
not
,n
The
his friend, Garland Jeude. He re
on Publicity.
Process of Carving.
furnishing tho editor real news but polson occurs very rarely, but when It
turned home Monday morning.
A wife, a husband, a lawyer and a
From shavings and sawdust, com
the newspnper man Is compelled to I does usually several persons eat the
bined with suitable binders, there Is young man who had something to do
view It In another light.
I food and are killed by. It. The germ
Roy Dempsey left for Portland
now being made a reconstructed wood with a publicity stunt have kept a
For instance, Mr. Blank conies In thnt produces the poison wag dlscov-
and Informs iih that he has just pro- I
by a Belgian Investigator In 1896. that Is said to have many advantages. telephone line leading Into an Indian Monday morning and w ill spend some
The process was originated by Prof. apolis thenter busy In the last twenty- time visitin g his parents.
cured some honest-to-goodness thor- ,n 22
tb" e, hnve only been J“
, I cases of illness from this cause, but George Kemmerer, of the chemistry four hours. Qnestlons put with more
oughbrrd chickens from a noted 1
111 persons hnve died from It. Sau department of the University of Wis than ordinary vigor from a telephone
Arthur Yergena made a buslnes
poultry farm. He wants us to In sages formerly werS supposed to be consin. and the new material has been receiver in the northern part of In
trip to Hermiston Saturday.
used
commercially
since
last
winter,
dianapolis
were
met
at
the
other
end
form the public that his Intention
the chlet cause of botulism. In the
are to raise these chicks for the local cases of the last few yenrs other and has been found to be better than of the telephone with many and devi
Mrs. J. E W h'te returned home
ous explanations, and without appeas
market. He believes that the pub foods hnve been Involved, Including wood for certain purposes,
The sawdust, after being mixed with ing the aroused persons until finnlly Thursday from Pendleton where she
lie w ill be interested In knowing string beans, cottage cheese, corn,
a new binder material, is put Into a the attorney arrived personally on has been receiving medical atten-
th is and he is right. But If we print asparagus, ripe olives nnd spinach. It mold, and subjected to a pressure of the scene.
also has been attributed to turkey,
’ li n.
this as a news Item we are advertis chicken and fish. While the victims from 506 to 1,000 pounds per square
The cause of the commotion started
ing a product that Mr. Blank lias to frequently show the symptoms In Inch. The resulting product Is much when the wife read a note, written In
Mrs. E. W. B eflcM loft Sunday
eell, he derives n benefit from the from 16 to 18 hours, they do not tougher and ha-der than ordinary feminine hand, dated Chicago, which
Item while we are giving away the I always develop before 36 hours. Weak- wood, does not spilt, and Is practically began, “My Dear” and ended, “With for Pendleton w l >re she w ill spend
only thing we have to sell— public ness, dizziness, headache nnd nausea Impervious to water. This recon love, Mary.” The note told of a pho a few day3 v ’sitl-u; w ith relatives.
first make their appearance. There structed wood takes finishes, such as toplay "Mary,” had seen In Chicago.
ity.
Is difficulty of vision. Patients some varnish and enamel, very well. Its chief It urged her friend “My Dear” not to
In most cases It Is not hard to dis
The stud - ts o'.' the Irrigon high
times see double. The eyelids often use Is In the manufacture of articles fall to see It, as she had been told It
tlngiiish between what Is advertising droop, and control over them is lest, of Irregular shape, such as toilet sets, was on view In Indianapolis this week. school will present "All a Mistake,”
«nd what is news. The hardest part so Hint the sufferer can see only by radio dials, and variometer rotors. In The wife could not believe it was a at three act con edy at the school
Is to convince the other fellow.
lifting them with h’s fingers. These stead of having to undergo the tedious publicity stunt. The husband failed Saturday evanlng, April 21 The
We alw ays appreciate any and all effects llow from the attack of the and costly process of carving, as In In convincing her that “Mary" was scenes of tho plat take place at the
the ense of ordinary wood, the process not someone whom he had met In Chi
news Items given ns but lliere are poison on a particular brain center.
pulp can be put Into a suitable mold, cago. and the lawyer was pressed Into house and grounds of Capt. Obadiah
Other
brain
centers
become
Involved.
times when we have to draw the line
placed under pressure, and when dry, service. Eventuali v he carried a re Skinner, which 1 otherw ise known
Swallowing
becomes
difficult.
The
Advertising is what we offer for sale
muscles controlling the voice become the product Is hard, grainless, and port hack to the wife that convinced as Oak Farm W atchester. and ad
and we can't afford to give it away. paralyzed. The paralysis spreads to seamless.—Popular Mechanics Mag her that It was only publicity. The joins the insane asylum.
young man at the theater end of the
the lips, tongue nnd respiration, and azine.
stunt Is of the opinion that puhllclty
the victim gasps for breath. In the
THE IRRIGATION QUESTION
Treasure for British Museum.
may be too real.—Indianapolis News.
end paralysis of the respiration nnd
The latest addition to the natural
The governor's recent visit to the the heart become« complete and there
history department of the British mu
Fresh Air Cures Colds.
Irrigation projects of central Oregon Is death.—Scientific American.
seum Is the skull and tusks of a Si
If you have a stuffy head cold, lie
has been the means of starting some
berian mammoth, the first ever brought down In a room with windows o p e n -
The Baffled Men.
thing. During hla visit he suw ac
Millinery looks alike to mere man, Into western Europe. This skull was covers enough to keep you warm—and
tual conditions ns they exist on those especially when two hats of the samr dug out of the Ice on one of the Si consciously breathe deeply for ten to
olor and general contour are seen from berian Islands of the Arctic. Pre fifteen minutes. Try to fill your lungs
projects. On one side of the road
he saw prosperity. People who oc- the rear. The other day two couples served as It was In cold storage from the bottom up, as It were—then
at rangers, boarded a street car at tin through countless ages, It Is remnrk- force the air all out, and start again.
euplcd the modern farm houses on
siune comer, and while the sheiks pali ubly fresh, even to the fragments of You will find the stuffy feeling vastly
these ranches were prosperous und the fare, the shelwis selected seati skin still attached to the great Jaws. relieved. Headaches, that “tired feel
happy. On the other side a differ
across the aisle from each other. Ther By examining the teeth, which are In ing,” Indigestion, melancholia, constipa
ent aspect met hig gaze. There wai Sheik No. 1 went to Join his Indy, nm’ excellent condition nnd about six Inches tion, and countless other disorders,
dire poverty and financial distresi sat himself beside the hat he thought In diameter, experts hnve established may be benefited or entirely relieved—
on evory hand. Instead of the up- she wore. The face under the hat wat that they belonged to a full grown fe If you will but make a real effort to
The hones of the help yourself I
to-date furm house shacks housed looking out the window, nnd nothing male mammoth.
was said for a moment. Then he felt head are snow white, In contrast to
Without sufficient oxygen we stag
people who hud not the money to u hand on his shoulder, and Sheik No the usual fossil bones, which are nate and become swamped In our own
buy a few yards of calico for a dresi 2 said, “I guess you've got the wronj. stained brown or black. The tusks waste products. If you would he well
— using old newspapers as raiment seat." Sheik No. 1 and both sliebni are 12 feet long nnd the Ivory Is In per nnd alert and capable of doing your
to over their bodies. Tlielr deplor blushed furiously, and the passenger fect condition. Their value ns Ivory best day after day—learn to clean your
Is placed at «1,300. Large quantities own blood stream by the dally use of
able condition was a mute npponl-foi roared.—Detroit News.
of fossilized Ivory, dug up In various air—It's free, too! Just try It—-C.
It Grew—All Right
aid. A good many <5f them hav<
Itomnnce does have strange starting parts of Siberia, are being shipped to Richmond, D. O., In the Health Bul
«pent tho best year« of their lives
England for sale. A shipload of these letin.
w ulllng for that which w ill bring grounds. For Instance, a reporter for remains arrived recently and was sold
the
News
was
walking
through
the
them prosperity nnd happiness-
Doing the Impossible.
station nnd saw a porter brushing some for prices higher than paid for Indian
water. They need nnd arc entitled rice off tho back of a young man, who Ivory tusks.
The mothers looked upon Alexander
ta aid.
nnd saw that he was good. He had
In turn gave him a dollar for the
First Voluntary Hospital.
money, power and position, so they
It Is hard to float the bonds of favor.
Westminster hospital, which Is to added their lore of bygone days to the
‘See that rice," he said to the re
these districts for the follow ing rea
he enlarged by the r.ddltton of another almost complete knowledge of their
son. There is a period of from two porter, and then pointed to his bnckel
of dirty wnter. “It started right here story, was the first institution estab debutante dnughters and the campaign
to five years when the project is un In this old bucket a few weeks ago."
lished by voluntary contributions In was launched.
Athletic girls, domestic girls, beauti
der construction that' the setilers
It was begun In a small
Then he explained.
He had been London.
a le unable to pny the interest on mopping the Door of the station when house In Birdcage walk In 1715, chief ful women, soul affinities and working
these securities. Therefore before the young man stumbled against the ly through the pfforts of Henry Hoare. girls tried their wiles, but he was In
the bonding companies w ill purchase bucket, spilled the water and ran lute who formed a soclery “for the relief vulnerable.
Then he went to the town where he
these bonds the interest has to be a strange girl. Acquaintanceship, love of the sick and needy at the Public In was bom to ent his Thanksgiving din
firmary In Westminster." and (level
giinrantoed from a responsible source. and the wedding followed. So satisfied
with his bride was he that the young oped so rapidly that within a few ner with his old-fashioned mother. The
The Slate has been asked to put up fellow wished to pny the porter whe years a new building had to be ac teacher of the village school boarded
this money but tt must also receive played a part In the romance.—Indian quired In Chapel street, providing ac with his mother, partly to keep her
collateral for the money It pledges. spoils News.
commodation for 60 patients. Another company. The little teacher did not
removal a few years later led to the know Alexander could not be caught.
The state authorities have to he
So they were married on Christmas
resignation
of a number of the gov
Low
Antenna
More
Selective.
shown by the projects to whom they
Eve.—Judge,
ernors,
who
subsequently
founded
the
The
single-circuit
tuner
will
enable
MTCKETL DRUG COMPANY
loan money that the district is sub
the llstennr to differentiate between S t George's hospital at Hyde Park.
Phone 101
stantial and there is more In Ils dc-
two local broadcasting stations bj The present building was erected In
velopmeni than a mere Idea.
erecting an antenna not over 15 feet 1834.
Althou; h
i Ip la U h In high nnd 13 to 20 feet In length. It
fancy of d< ■ • ' i| n t II hai pioven a has been conclusively demonstrated
Sportsman’s Point of View.
success. Of eoutse there has been that a low antenna Is more selective
Two brothers, five and six yenrs old,
Irrigation schemas, pror tied by pri than a high antenna. The selectivity were at the seashore and spent most of
on a given nnteuna can be Increased tho time fishing, tine noon they were
vate Individual r»r c-rporatlons ihnt
l,y an additional series condenser be astonished to see the maid bring In
b ’ve seen f e l l " e<
The main rea tween nntennn nnd tuner.
heaping soup plates of steamed dams.
son for their fuilures hnve been a
The older one, turning to his broth
lack of funds nnd expertenca. It
Bicycle Car.
er. exclaimed In astonishment. “Say,
A European fattier devised an In have we got to eat this perfectly good
takes both to bring a project up to
Its highest efficiency. The govern genlous vehicle for the transportation halt?"—Youth’s Companion.
ment can supply both therefore their of himself nnd his five children. Us
lng the wheels, gears, pedals and
•a d Lighting Dangsrous.
undertakings nlong this line are nuc- chains of two bicycles he constructed
eeesful.
a frame work mounted on fourw beela, . U
ther*
D o y o u d e s ire th e l a t e s t t h in g in a ra d io ?
te e r e d and
nnd pedaled
n e d n le d I like
lk . a
5r**rijr ” “ rWUlt * b,<’
a blevde
bicycle. P'*
The government is the logical pro s steered
lighting than there are from automo
O ne t h a t w ill b e g u a r a n t e e d in e v e ry w a y
moter of Irrigation. Under Ils rule Here he mounted wicker baskets as bile accidents. In homes and streets
to
g iv e p e r f e c t s a tis f a c tio n . I f so call on
the settler Is aided In his labors Io seats.
where the lighting Is had people fall
Powdered Gleee ae a Polson.
make a home for him self and family:
frequently. In many cases receiving
u s a n d le t u s s h o w y o u —
During a recent murder trial In Loa- fatal injuries.
Tbe hazard of had
under Its rule the desert w ill he
made to "bloom and bteaoom as I he I * * ’ “ ’W'«"'1 "M> »object of powdered lighting was ascertained hy figures
a leading Insurance company compiled.
roeo without w aiting years for the thl„ „ „
A (, 1, , nihert„n>
state to guarantee some bonding of the Imperial Emery works. Loudon,
Reverses Sounds.
bouse interest on bonds that they in la n d other comiuiiUeA to write the fol
A curious Instrument has recently
a good many Inst anees w ll at a pre lowing letter to a London patter:
been Invented capable of reversing
“Now, as a tnnn with a lot of practi the sounds of a word or a sentence
mlum
Pet fiera who live on govern,
B rin g th e a r t i s t s ’in to y o u r h o m e e v e ry e v e
ment project« have a good many | cal experience, I question whether A steel piano wire, carried on twi
powdered
glass,
taken
In
small
quanti
spools,
pusaes
between
the
poles
of
a
n in g by in s ta llin g a r a d ia . T h e e n t e r t a i n
things to be thankful for.
ties, Is a poison at all, aud I think It small electromagnet, so connected
m e n t is w ell w o r th th e m o n ey s p e n t.
would be a very costly thing to try to with a telephone transmitter that
spoken words are magnetically record
When we read of all the 100 kill anyone with diamond dust.
'My experience Is gathered from the e.1 on the moving wire and reproduced
per cant perfect bablee nnwdaya. we
crushing and manufacture of glass for In a receiving Instrument. When lh«
wonder what's become of the kids sandpaper. during which process. In j motion of the wire ta direct, the word)
who used to have colic and other the old days, when little i s re was are heard as In ordinary conversation
maladies peculiar to childhood In the taken regarding dust, mau became 1 bnt If the motion Is reversed, th t
days gone by.
whitened with the stuff.”
sounds come to the ear In reverst
THE GARAGE OF SATISFACTION
PHONE 264
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Ray Jordan Is visitin g at the
lira. Galtea had the barrel of russet Knight home. He drove here In a
apples placed In tbe attic because Chevrolet car.
they were not quite ripe enough to
eat, and she warned her three boys,
Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Glasgow of
whose ages range from five to eleven
Spokane, ate visitin g at the C. E.
years, not to touch them.
Then one rainy day, when she Glasgow hon e. Mr. Glasgow Is an
-tought the attic to grt something an attorney In Spokane and has pro
from a trunk, she came full upon her perty here.
sons, surrounded by apple cores. At
her approach two of the boys drew
Harvey and W alter Warner were
closer together; but the third, a little
distance off, who lay on his stomach, absent from school last week.
contentedly munching an apple, ap
parently paid no attention to his
The Irrigon h i'h school w ill play
mother’s entrance.
the opening base ball game at Pine
“John! Henry! William!” she ex City Tuesday and also play Umatilla
claimed. reproachfully. “Didn't 1 tell
at In lgu ii Friday.
%
you not to touch them I”
“Yee, mother,” replied John, the
eldest, “but we’re not ri ■ally eating
Mrs. B. B. Lane visited school on
them. We’re acting the Garden of Friday.
Eden. Willie and I are Adam and
Eve, and Henry, over there, Is the
Mrs. Nell McCarthy, of Pendleton,
serpent, trying to lead us to our down
fall by showing us how good the Is visitin g at the home of her parents^
apples are.”
Mr. and Mrs E. W. Benefield, for a
“But,” began the mother, as sternly week or ten days.
as she was able, “you two must hnve
been eating apples; Henry hasn't done
The school directors observed Ar
It all. I see as many as ten cores
bor Day by hinging to the school a
around yon.
“Oh, yeth,” returned Willie, the number of p-plar trees. They were
youngest, “we’ve all been taking assisted In settin g them out by some
turnth being tbe serpent."—Exchange. of the school children and people of
the community.
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arrived
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