THE HEBMISTOH
Sl|f ^vruiϔtm
IIERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON.
NO TIME FOR EX^LANAtlOU
Srralò
Published every Thursday at Her.
mlsten. Umatilla County, Oregon by
Raymond Crowder, Editor and Man
ager.
Entered aa second class matter,
December 1908 at the poatofflc« at
Hermiston, Oregon.
Stranger Had Played the P art af the
"Innocent Bystander,* and Mika
Left Hurriedly.
An accident a few years ago mak.M
Mike's use of a Cane essential. Ills
buslnesa compels him to hang around
police headquarters dally, where he
c . ^ a r c ite s
gets gift cigars frequently.
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On a recent rainy day Mike was
For One Year ----- ----------------.>2.00 awaiting a street car. Directly In front
For Six Months
_______ __ >1.00 of him wan a big, husky fellow. Mike’s
feet suddenly slipped. His energetic
Payable In Advance.
attempt to prevent himself from fall
/o r
ing caused his cane to hit the stranger
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10 cents per Hue for first insertion. a resounding wallop on the side of the
Minimum charge 25 cents. Subse head.
Mike is a fast apologlzer. The
quent Insertions 5 cents per line.
stranger accepted the explanation.
is the inspiring roar of Old Ocean and the charm of Its
Soon both were chatting amicably.
AMOHCMTOMOOal
many beaches where those glorious V A C A T IO N
THE SUCCESS OF IRRIGATION
Mike bethought him of the pocket
haunts are. It will be a great surprise and delight to
If there be any doubting Thomases full of cigars he bad Just got from a
see the vast improvements that have been made to
concerning the feasibility of irriga- police friend.
insure the pleasure of visitors to
“Drag
on
one
of
these,"
said
Mike,
TRIUMPH
FOR
AMERICAN
GIRL
, tlon, let them read the report of the
proffering a couple.
government wherein they state th a t
The stranger accepted the “cigars of How Margaret Robinson Secured Am
during the fiscal year of 1923 $5,-1 j^ace
He puffed one, continuing the
nesty for Bandit Band on Condi
104,000 was paid back to the gov chat.
tion T hat it Joined Army.
ernment by settlers on the projects.
Suddenly there was a crackling
This am ount was paid in spite of sound, followed by a loud "bang!”
la there no Homer in modern Greece
His face and clothing covered with to sing the exploit of the American
low prices that the settlers received
for their m arketable products, and, fragments of cigar and ashes, the college girl who lias freed Crete of its
bandits? usks the New York World.
indeed, m ust be very gratifying to husky victim started after Mike.
where every conceivable form of restful health-giving
It was no time for explanations.
When Miss Margaret itohinson of
the government. No doubt this will Forgetting ills game leg, cane and
recreation may be enjoyed. A sk our agent for our
“Outings In the Pacific Northwest** and “Oregon
be instrum ental in them reclaiming years of inactivity, Mike went right Grand Itaplils arrived In Crete as the
representative of Near East relief her
Outdoors.** T h ey tell the whole story in word
more land and developing that which away from there. What is more, he efforts to aid (lie refugees encountered
and picture. Then purchase a Round-Trip Summer
is already under cultivation.
got away.
I the predatory opposition of the Greek
Excursion T icket via
Irrigation is still in its infancy.
Now he is on a still hunt for the outlaw liarhounlg and Ills hand, who
The possibilities and rewards are cigar-giving policeman.—Kansas City for fifteen years had terrorized the Is-
| lund. Sending an envoy to the robber
still unknown. The government Star.
’ chief, she began negotiations which re
has to learn a good many lessons
which gives that wonderful trip through the Columbia
concerning It and every year they SPEED THE ‘PARTING GUESTS’ sulted In the grant of amnesty to Bar-
River Gorge. Our agent will be glad to arrange your
bounis
und
Ids
followers
by
the
gov
itinerary and make your reservation.
are better able to cope with the
ernment
on
condition
of
their
serving
Remarkable Preeenes of Mind of
puzzling situation,, th at arise.
F. C. WOUGHTER. AGENT
in the Greek army on the Turkish
Juvenile Hostess That W ent F ar
Men who are schooled in this line
Hermiston, Oregon
frontier,
and
the
hurassed
population
to Save the Situation.
of endeavor and endowed with
has since had the satisfaction of see-
W M . M cMURRAY
knowledge gained by actual exper
j ing the bandits sail away to Join the
"Let's have a party.”
General Passenger / gent
ience are now carrying on the work
Portland. Oregon
This inclination of every normal "King's Own" regiment at Dedea-
and to them. In no small measure, little girl, especially If she be a little gatch.
Has a more romantic story come out
is credit due for the phenomenal girl with snapping, twinkling black
success that it has thus far attained. eyes, black hair drawn tightly back, of Crete since the time of the Mino
The government has demonstrated small, vivacious, likable and living In taur? At least the feat of tile Anierl-
worker furnishes an Inrer-
th a t it is their intention to develop Lafayette, was mianlfested by Martha, can
called Mattle, by Inviting a lirge now-
modern example of the kind of
these arid lands so th at it# citizens
her of boys and girls to her house for achievement which provided themes i
may build homes for themselves and a pnrty—while her mother was gone. for the old Greek poets. Given, that it
families by granting them liberal
The guests were not the aristocracy had occurred in remote antiquity, It I
might by this time have been embel
concessions. Time after time as the of tlie town, It must be admitted. .
needs of the settlers have been ap
Mattle saw her mother approaching lished and elaborated into a great pop
parent, they have met the settlers Just as the children were preparing to ular myth possessing enough historical I
take possession of the house. She truth to give it substance und adding
more than half way.
a new female portrait to the familiar
The success of Irrigation is no knew that her mother would semi the gallery of Arladnes, Autlgones and
longer a gamble but an honcst-to- j "guests" home, sans party, with the Electras.
result tliat Mattle would be sans stand
goodness actuality.
ing with the hoys and girls In the purt
of town from which her guests came. FIGHTING THE BOLL WEEVIL
A tourist passing through Hermis An Inspiration came to her.
ton the other day asked us why it
“You’d better run,” she told them Department of Agriculture Has Elab
was th a t the people of this city “Here Conies my mother und I’ve got
orate Plane for Further Effective
stand for the kind of crossing that the measles."—Indianapolis News.
W ar Against the Pest.
we have where the highway inter
Concerning Inks.
The work of tlie Department of
sects the rallioad tracks. He staled
Inks nrp aald to play an Important
that It was the most dangerous part In the detection of forgery, espe Agriculture nt Tallulah, La., In (level- , ■ ■ o n a a H u a i u a M i i B i i i i i B i x B i H B s a i M H i H M a
crossing he had seen between New cially when question arises as to the oping methods and apparatus for dust- ;
York city and Portland. We will particular time a document wus lng cotton to kill the boll weevil, is be- |
Ing continued this summer and heavier
agree with you brother, II certainly penned or signed.
I planes are being used. In the spring
It
Is
claimed
that
blue-hlnck
Inks
Is dangerous. But we'll bite. Why
three De Haviland 4B planes were de-
may he recognized ns fresh np to Hie ■ tnlled by the War department for use
do they?
! sixth day. and that, in after years, In these tests, and competent engineers
If the fellow who goes culling on their ngo may lie determined when and pilots were nlso provided.
tlie blue provisional pigment has
Previously, eonslderable work on
a girl In our neighborhood does not faded and left only the black.
1 tills problem had been done with light
do something to stop the back-fire
The lila c coloring. It Reems, ns time , machines, and the use of the larger
-to the-
of ilia Ford th a t wakes us up about e llipses Is scarcely acted upon by re-
ones has made It necessary to modify
1 p. m., when he takes his depart- agents, but for a year or two It will the distributing mechanism. Several
ure. we are going to see the proper! at once diffuse If treated with
50 types of dust hoppers have been made
authorities and Insist that he take per cent solution of neetlc acid, for meeting the new conditions, hut it
out hunting licenses. Drivers lic whereas when it Is five or six years will probably require gome time to de
ense la not sufficient to pilot a bus old diffusion, If it occurs nt all, Is ex velop a design which will he satisfac
tremely slow and limited In extent.
tory. Mr. Coad, who has charge of the
like the one he lias.
It Is averred that a still more use boll weevil laboratory for the Depart
ful reagent Is u saturated solution of ment of Agriculture, expects to have a
We received a letter from Swift & oxalic ncld that causes Ihc pigment of
fairly satisfactory permanent hopper
Co. statiug that they wished to he relatively fresh writing to give an Im Installed In one of the planes for use
put on our subscription list for six mediate smudge, but has very little. If ¡„ nchl„i
work durlng tlle
months. Better make it a year for any. effect upon writing six or eight ,„er
v e are going to fight the "oleo” years old.
Several plantations near the landing
field have been mapped and all ar
gang aud their pel measure, which Is
Light and Sound Aliks.
rangements have been made for dust
a direct blow to the dairying Indus
Many a night during that summer I
try, until Ibe referendum comes up spent In my mother's vineyard sleep- , ing the cotton with the planes. The
results of the new tests will be await
for a vote next election.
Ing on sheep-skins under Hie open sky , ed with Interest hy all those connected
and looking nt the stars at which I with tlie cotton Industry.
Press reports recently carried a looked 15 years before, when I liel|ied
story of how an American sea cap the herdsmen to guard the village ;
Smoke Screen From Seaplane.
tain and his crew was held by Rus oxen during Hie starlit summer nights. , The use of dense smoke clouds by
I
reiuemliered
the
puzzles
which
I
sian authorities for no apparent rea
tried to solve nt that time concerning naval vessels for the purpose of
sons whatsoever. T l i e
Bolshevkl
(he nature of sound and light, succeed screening battleships from the enemy,
believe In the freedom of (he seas hut ing In the case of sound anil falling in lias been practiced for a long time.
they want all of the freedom.
the euse of light. 1 rejoiced at the Fast destroyers are usually employed
feeling that I had finally succeeded Iq to lay the cloud of heavy smoke,
Doc. Cook lias recently been In finding from Faraday and Mnxwi|| which Is produced hy regulating fuel
, and draft In the main hollers. Recent
dicted by ihc grand jury for an al through Helmholtz that sound and ! tests, however, have proved the
light
resembled
each
other,
one
being
leged oil swindle. "Doc” seems to
| efficacy of seaplanes In this respect.
have as much trouble finding oil as a vibration of matter. Rml the other a In fact, the seaplane has at least two
vibration of electricity.—From “From
he did the north pole.
Immigrant to Inventor," by Mielieel advantages over the destroyer: It can
! lay a screen much more rapidly ; It
Piipln, In Serlbner'a,
can regulate the height of the screen
A man in New York predicts the j
above water, and may make It com
end of the world In 1924. So w hat's
Pencils Wasted by Americans.
the use of worrying about next year’s
Open-handed Americans are the pletely envelop an object h.v dying
most lavish users of pencils In tlie over and around tlie latter. When a
taxes.
world, the Unit,ri States alone using
J*
I"’ 1" ’ "',e ’' T "
the smoke results from the Introduc
twice
ns
many
ns
all
Europe,
said
Lo
people It 1» vacation
For
tion Into the exhaust pipe of cheml-
thar W. Fuller, tlie "Pencil King."
eeaeon. For other» It 1» the time
"Tlie European uses a pencil until cals that Incaease the volume as well
when you v rte i he neighbor’» Rar there Is barely anything for him to as the density of the exhaust gases.
den and await (It »* return.
hold In his fingers," said Mr, Faber, —Popular Science Magazine.
"while the American throws It away
Seventh Child Named “ Enough."
Ghees the days of the old swimm when II Is hnrdl.v more than half used.
The office wns crowded with the
ing hole ace passing. We notice America uses about a million and a wedding party. All were silent while i
that kids now day’s v. ho go swimming half gross n year, nine or ten pencils the bridegroom filled In the blanks.
per caplin. Europe uses only half that
carry bathing suits.
For the purpose of this story we'll call
amount.”
him Smith, says the New York Times.
The secretary looked over the mar
The world would be a better place
Might Look Bad.
to live In If Eve would have Inform
"See, George, dear," said tha young riage lleenae. It gave the groom’s
ed the serpent, "Yes. we'll have no bride, “I baked my first cake today, name as "John Enough Smith."
She said:
and I want yon to eat some of It,”
apples today.”
"The clerk at the license bureau has
"I am willing," said hubhy. ns he
made a mistake; see what a ridiculous
Watch your step and obey the city looked suspiciously at the calm, "but middle name he has given you—
trnfflr ordinances and you will live Pve Just had m.v life Insured.”
'Enough.'"
“Why, that's all the better. Isn't Itl1"
happy ever after.
Without looking up the groom replied
laughed the bride, merrily.
dryly:
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“1 d.m't know shout (list,” he re-
“No tnlstnke on the part of the
Many a man has lo t opt with a nIted "They might think you baked
woman simply because he was not a »he <xike on purpose and refuse to pay clerk. My mother gave me that mid
dle name—I was the seventh child."
good liar.
the policy."—Boston Transcript.
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It means two things that make big
poultry profits— early hatches and
more eggs.
Call at this office and inspect plans
of poultry houses which have been
designed with the “more eggs” idea.
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We now have a supply
o f Butterm ilk and can
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A JA X C O R D , R O A D K IN G , P A R A G O N
KELLOGG & SCHIMKE
Hermiston Auto Co., Hermiston, Ore.
I have Equipped my Shop with a
900 Lb. Electric Driven Hammer
and Electric driven Drill Press, mak
ing it the best equipped shop in the
west end of th is county.
HARMAN’S
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A town will never grow any larger
than Its rl'lxens wilt allow It.
Good Idea for
Transparent Rubber.
Several Imaginative writers have
discovered delightful uses for a per
A great cemetery Is to Iw laid out fectly transparent rubber which, they
at Sarrelbonrg. German», for the re sajr. scientists sr« perfecting. Such
interment of 20.000 Irene!, soldier« a material could tie used as an un
who died In Germany as prisoners of breakable window or windshield, •
war. The municipality of Sarrehonrg. cheap lens which would be distended
which Is near the frontier, requested hy a liquid within, or a transparent
the honor of providing tlie last rest- bathing cap or rubber overshoe.
Ing place “for those unhappy heroes
whose Uvea were sacrificed in cap
tlvlty."
si
Burial
Pises for
Heroes.
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