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THE IIBBMISTOH ILEILA£J>, HERMISTON, THEY A R E NEW r«* > * For the Lady STAMPED GOODS BOUDOIR CAPS COLIARS, HANDKERCHIEFS NIGHT GOWKS For the Miss BARRETTS. HOSE BOBBED HAIR COMBS FANCY ELASTIC GARTERS For the Baby JACKETS. CATS. BLANKETS BOOTEES, KNIT SETS COME AND SEE THEM K I N G S L E Y 'S IN C . H O U S E O F Q U A L IT Y A N D S ( R V I C ( " Echo, O reg o n M A N U FA C TU R ER S OF- High Grade Patent B lue S tem F lour The S u p r i r Product of Scientific Milling Makes Better Bread Try a Sack DEALERS IN GRAIN AND FEED -J Ä T , TUM-A-LUM COAL QUARTETTE SINGS THE FACT THAT COAL'S Bit The Smaller Sizes of Coal are CHEAPER and fo r m a n y uses BETTER BUILDING OR REMODELING OUR FREE ARCHITECTURAL SER- VICE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY COME IN AND WE WILL TELL YOU WHY— AND ALSO WHY YOU WILL USE GOOD _ ™ T T 1N 0 YOUR SUPPLY NOW— THERE'S A REASON. Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co. Herm iston, Oregon Ph o n e 111 L e g a l Blanks F o r S ale a t T h e H e ra ld O ffic e A Rig Reduction in the Price of Goodyear Auto Tires GOOD' Y E A R Get the New Price SAPPERS’ INC. HARDWARE furniture IMPLEMENT*^ RADIO OUTFITS elect R ica *, contracting Marshfield, Or.—Arthur Covell, crip pled brother-in-law of Mrs. Ebba Co- veil. jrh<Y was brutally tialn last S o n in , entered a plea of guilty td murder In the first degree before Judge Kendall of circuit court. Coveil is 4C years old and Is an astrologlat. He consulted the planets, he said, regarding all of his acts. His helplessness is duo to an Injury he re ceived in an automobile wreck two years ago. His spine Is hurt and he remains most of the time in a chair. Alton Coveil, the cripple's nephew, already had confessed to the actual murder of his stepmother, declaring that he was Incited to the deed by his uncle. Arthur Covell admitted that he had complete mental domination over his nephew, Alton, the accused youth. Alton Covell is the son of Dr. Fred Covell, who has been held in jail since ily, of Hood River, were Hermiston | reputation when she made her hus- his wife’s death. vlsitors the latter part of last week, band a present of tlx sons and fol- We w ill have u oar of lump and a — lowed the next year with flve morel Those who attend the services at ' After this she had triplets twice, car of egg coal the first of next week the BaptlsWchurch next Sunday w ill rw hkl' ware fo,lowed by » quartette. th at w ill sell at the old price. After be asstired a reai treat. Miss Emily ) Then ensued a procession of ones and these cars coal w ill be' higher. Tum- twos, and. Anally, came four boys ail A-Lum Lumber Co. 6 -ltc Shotwell and Mr. Paul De F. Morti- together. This brought the aggregate more are scheduihd to sing a duet. number of her living children up to 62, and assured her fame in obstetrl- Mac Crowder, brother of Raymond j cal annals as “the Oravata case." Brand’s “History of Newcastle" Crowder, arrived in Hermiston last Friday from Wasco, Ore. Ha w ill credits a similar feat to the wife of a poor weaver in Scotland, but does not spend the winter here. state how many children arrived at w * — 7.— . . „ . „ , i one and the same tlme- Her family, Mrs. F. A. Chezik, Mrs. Fred Cal- however, numbered 62. Of these 40 lahan and Miss Elsie Rlchnrds spent boys and 4 girls survived to manhood Bring in your the week end in W alla Walla. and womanhood. Dr. W. F. and O. E. Prime, father and brother of Dr. F. V. Prime, of this city, were visitin g the latter at his home here the first part of the week. Echo F lou r M ills BESTOfFCNSE-APPFALSTO FOLKS OF COMMON SENSE' ■ W I n ta n a i Glaanad H a n and Thera About the C ltr and Natchbarhaod ASTROLOGER TAKES BLAME FOR MURDER Winter Will Soon be Here O tto C. Pierce H E H M IS T O N 'S Tuscany Woman Gave Birth to Haven Bona in Two Years—Her Total Sixty-Twe. The eoa*edlt4i '»rbw watkid into a London dairy wlilrh_ exhibited the Tin, Sheet m etal work and Plumb legend In Its window, "Families Sup ing. Call 783. J, E. Putman. plied/' and saidiifB «oald t a k ^ S ho* and a girl, please," might have been Four hole range w ith warming more successful In America, whence oven and reeervoir. Combination comes the news that a wife has pre high chair. Mre. O. A. Creesy. -4tf seated her husband with eight babies In one day, says London Answers. In the very same week the informa Mrs. M. Brooks, «on and two Hon was forthcoming that a young daughters, who at one time were waitress at Durban had given birth to residents of Hermiston, but now liv four children, and the announcement ing at Walla W alia, wera guests at was accompanied by tbe assurance that "all were doing well." the Shotwell home Sunday. Some years ago a Palermo woman, Mtaa Mar» r i .. « I Saleml, presented her husband “ " ”^ 2 7 ‘ wl,h flve bo*8- “» formed, and. Miss Emily Shotwell, was a week according to the doctor, "eating well end visitor at the Shotwell home. and crying well.” But she was a long way from wrestling the reeord from Irwin Shotwell was homo from col tlie peasant girl Oravata of Tuscany. Oravata wyis the twin daughter of a lege over the week end. woman who was one of triplets. The M r a n ri M r a i ., h „ j , fam- I ; daM. ghe married Mr. and Mrs^ John Young and the a man on of her own i « CHILDREN BORN IN BUNCHES LOCAL AND PERSONAL ■ BREVITIES ■ FARMERS THEIR OWN BOSSES w ith COLES’ Combination Wood & Coal HEATERS It is of vital importance that every fam ily saves fuel this year. Buy this stove and burn any fuel you can get. Reversing the duplex grate In this stove change It instantly from wood to coal. V More powerful than coal heaters costing double Its price. All the advantages of a wood stove. Holds fire from Saturday evening to Monday morning. up the house with fuel put in the night before. Heats COME IN AND SELECT YOUR HEATER WHILE OUR STOCK IS COMPLETE Oregon Hardware & Implement Co. CURTAINS Government Surveyors Say Four. Fifths Own Their Land and There fore Are Independent Government surveyors report now J. L. Johns, Hermiston resident, Is I that eight out of each ten farmers In registered at the Hot Lake sanator j the United States are their own boss, ium. As a natlent there he plans to while the same proportion of mechan take treatments for a few weeks. ics work for somebody else. The argu ment. of course, Is for the advantage Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harder, of Port of Independence the farmer has, and land, and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mac this ought to have grent weight I" any Donald, of Scio, spent Saturday and consideration given the problem. Out of 10,682,944 individuals en Sunday In this vicinity. They report gaged at farm work In the United hunting excellent here. States 8,240,400 are classified as em ployers and independent workers. This Dr. and Mrs. Morse, of Wasco, ar means that they either own all or part rived here on Saturday In readiness o f the plant and machinery employed for the opening of the pheasant sea. In producing their output Not all are land owners, but those who rent own son. a sufficient proportion of the ma chinery to give them the sense of pro Mr. and Mrs, Clay Warren were prietorship. It Is this quality that In Hermiston Thursday evening. Mr. gives them Independence In action, Warren is connected with the Board- says the Omaha Bee. The farmer who owns his lands or mun Trading Company. his tools Is Independent because he works for himself, employing his own Miss Jennie Marvin and Miss Bar capital as well as his own labor. bara Hixson, members of the Board- White this condition prevails In Amer man school faculty, were In Hermis ica the republic Is In very slight dan ton Inst Thursday. ger of revolution, for citizens so sub stantial as these are not given to re Mr. Chas. Barnes was a business volt. They may combine to effect changes, but they do not strike at the | visitor in Hermiston Saturday. foundations of ltberty. Mr. Griggs, instructor of Manual Swullowe Obey Whistle. Training In Boardman, wns a Her An expert in bird lore has been mak miston visitor last Snturday. Ing a study of the peculiar actions of several hundreds of chimney swallows Sam Boardman, who has charge of that make their home in the tall chim construction work for the state high ney of a paper mill In Oneca, Conn. ways of Oregon, was a Hermiston He has discovered that at exactly 6 o'clock each morning, when the whistle visitor Tuesday. Sam was on his blows at a mill three miles away the way to The Dalles. hundreds of swallows rise from the chimney and fly away to their daily It In reported that two hen houses hunting grounds Just as promptly as were blown over on the W. II. Ogden the hundreds of human workers an lanch and a shed in the Columbia swer the whistle. For two months, he district during the wind storm last says, they have not been absent or tardy. At night the birds return in Tuesday, small groups. Mrs. T. S. Townsend returned on Preventable. Thursday morning from Portland, Sickness costs the United States where she has been for the past few $900,tXM),0<X) a year In lost wages and weeks. the total loss from preventable dis eases and deaths is nearly $3,000,000, Mrs. N ettie Goodwin returned 00O, according to the national health council. How much of this could be from Stockton, California, Thursday. prevented by better laws to ensure pure water and milk, and abolish Postmaster 8kinner left Thursday slums and overwork and ' overcrowd for Portland for medical treatment. ing? How much by shutting out low- J. W. Messner returned Tuesday grade emlgntlon? from W ichita Falls, Texas, where he Laughter Caused Death. has been for some time. The metaphor, "dying of laughter," was translated into real fact in the J. A. Reeves and R. L. Cook de case of an elderly man in Philadelphia, parted Tuesday for the mountains who was so tickled at the drollery of where they w ill try and run down a a movie comedian that he was unable couple of deer. to control his laughter and suddenly collapsed, dying In the arms of a wom Thro wns a large ntendance at the an sitting beside him. Physicians said registered dairy sale on the fair that the victim's heart had been rup tured. grounds last Friday. The bidding was slow and low prices were re Citron's Remarkable Vitality. . ceived for the cattle disposed of. A citron that she raised In 1921 was kept In the dining room of a St. Johns Among the recent real estate trans bury (Vt.) woman. Wanting some Ters there appeared tho follow ing: seeda to start some plants In wlmtaw Is'xes recently, she cut the citron open Cora B. Knapp to E. O. Comegys, $1, nnd found that part of the seeds had Lot I I , Block 13, Hermiston. sprouted, one of the sprouts being nearly three Inrhee long. The citron Mr .and Mrs. W alter I.loyd. of appeared to he In perfect condition. i Pendleton, were Sunday guests at the To Suit the Character. home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Casady. Manager of Stock Company—Ta il I ght you will play the part of a Mr and Mrs. R. Neese and child i duke. Star—Then you must give me V< ren. of Portland, were Sunday guests I at the John Lewis ranrh on Butter i-ents for a shave. Manager—On second thought you Creek. Mr. Neese Is head draftsman will piny the part of a Bolshevik. ¡'with the O. W. R A N. Ry. Mr and Mrs. J. Cochran and s o n . T R Y THE HERALD WANT ADS— of Seattle. Wash., are visiting at the J. L. W aller home. Mr. Cochran Is a brother of Mrs W aller. They ar rived by auto. and have them Repaired, so you will Be Prepared When the Snow Flies KNERR’S R e p a ir Shop Mitchell Dr..g Co. SPECIALS Candy Weeh Oct. 3 to 21 Chocolate chips 1-2 pound 25 cents Malted milk kisses 1-4 pound 10 cents Oriole Chocolates Best Quality Fresh From Brown & Haley Candy Kit chen. BOX CHOCLATES—FULL LINE—ORIOLE AND KRAUS Mitchell Drug Co PHONE 101 HERMISTON ien d us the price o f a y e a r’; subscription if you are in arrearr' We Need the Money PARKER’S STORE Cut out this ad and bring to P arker’ store. It is worth 25 cents with every $5.00 cash pur chase. Good things to eat at right prices is our motto. OREGON I WISH TO ANNOUNCE TO THE PUBLIC THE STORE WITH THE BLUE FRONT “ The Weit Side Eat Shop’’ — J. L e e P a rk e r, P ro p rieto r — THAT THE— T e lep h o n e 4 1 3 Bake-Rite ■■■■ B akery CITY MEAT MARKET IS OPEN JOHN ELsIS, PROP. FOR BUSINESS Bargains in Meats Every Day BAKERY GOODS OF QUALITY AT RIGHT PRICES Peter Menge at the Proprietor DO IT N O W We w ill have a car of lump and a car of egg coal tbe first of next week that w ill sell at the old price. After these cafti coal w ill be higher 1 A Lum Lumber CO. g -ite Guaranteed Fuel Saving Legal Blanks for Sale at This Office City Meat Market W e D eliver ■ (■ ■ ■ I