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SOME RECORDS I I I THINNESS
PnbUahed «vary T hu rsday a t H e r-
m latqn, U m a tilla County, Oregon by
Raym ond Crow der, E d ito r and M an ­
ager.
Platinum W ire, Filam ent s f Spider's
Web and Seep Bubble a t
¡ ¿ L i.
Ito Dark bpet.
E n tered as second class m atter,
December ISO® a t the postoffice at
H erm iston, Oregon.
Platinum wire has beso drawn as
One that 80,000 pieces of It placed side
by side would not cover more than an
inch, while 180 pieces bound together
would be necessary to form a thread
as thick as a filament of raw silk.
A tulle of this wire would not weigh
more than a grain, while seven ounces
of It would extend from Lopdou to
New York.
Fine as is the filament produced by
the silkworm that produced by the
spider is even more attenuated. If , for
Instance, a thread o f a spider's web
measured four miles, it would weigh
little more than a grain.
As a soap bubble floats in the light
of the sun it reflects to the eye an
.endless variety of gorgeous tin ts
Newton showed that to each of these
tints corresponds a certain thickness
of the substance forming the bubble;
in fact, be showed that all transparent
substances, when reduced to a certain
degree of thinness would reflect these
colors
Near the highest point o f the bub­
ble, just before It bursts, can be seen
a spot which reflects no color and ap­
pears black. According to Newton, the
thickness of the bubble at thia black
point is the 2,600,000th part of an
inch.
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MG PACKAGE
IVORY FROM SKIMMED MILK
Substitute fo r Thio and Other Mate­
riale le Produced by a Re­
cent Process.
Statem ent of Ownership
M anagem ent, circu lation , etc., re­
quired by the act of Congress o f
Aguust 24, 1912, o f Herm iston H e r­
ald. published w eekly a t Herm iston,
Oregon, fo r October 1. 1923.
1. T h a t the names and addresses
of tha publisher, editor, m anaging
editor, and business managers are:
Raymond Crowder, Herm iston, Ore­
gon.
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name and the names and addresses
of stockholders ow ning or holding 1
per cent or m ile of the total amount
of stock.)
None.
3. T h a t the know n bondholders,
mortgages, and o ilie r security hold­
ers o w ning or holding 1 per cent or
more of total am ount of bonds, m o rt­
gages or other securities are: E . J.
K ingsley, Eugene, Oregon; -F. R .
Reeves, S an ta Rosa, C a lifo rn ia .
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tills 18th day of October, 1923.
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M y commission expires Jan. 18, 1925.
BACTERIA FROM THE RIFLE
Interesting Experiment Proves They
Can Be Fired From a Gun W ith ­
out Apparent injury.
A singular experiment with bacteria
Is that of n French Investigator, who
has proved that those microscopic
enemies to human life nnd health can
be fired out of a gun without suffering
any apparent Injury.
H e 1ms Infected rifle bullets with
bacteria and then fired the bullets Into
tin boxes filled with a gelatin prepara­
tion suitable for the nourishment of
the micro-organisms. Upon watching
the holes made by the bullets ta tiie
preparation, lie found thnt the precise
forms of bacteria w ith which the bul­
lets had been charged rapidly devel­
oped there, although It was known
that no organisms existed In Iho gela­
tin previous to the experiment.
He has even found thnt a bullet will
pick up barterlu from the a ir during
Its flight, or from clothing through
which It passes, nnd depuxtt them, still
active and living, In a gelatin target.
Locomotive Pile Driver.
A uni,joe development In inechnnlcnl
engineering Is u locomotive pile driver.
In which there Is an unusual arrange­
ment and strength of tlie self-propel­
ling mechanism nnd In the self-con­
tained hydraulic tnrntahle, whereby
the entire machine, including trucks,
Is quickly lifted clear of the rails and
turned end for end. The engines on
the car are connected to the axles of
ordinary tm eks without Interfering
with the movement of the trucks In
turning curves, passing over frogs, nnd
the like. The machine was designed
to meet the requirement for a pile driv­
e r capable o f climbing any grade and
hauling Its own cars of piles and tools.
The self propellliig pile drivers built
hitherto have b e e n , tpahle of mov­
ing themselves lo r short distances
only.
Shirtmal r r to Apollo.
An enterprising
lusher In Ger­
many bus put his knowledge of the
t-hisslcs to excellent use In his adver­
tisin g Here are a few specimen ads:
"Even Macbeth could sleep In our
nightshirt s."
"Don Juan would have double,! his
conquests hy wearing our neckties."
“When Nlobe began to weep she or­
dered alx dozen of our handkerchief»."
“We could have arrayed Solomon
In twice his glory."
"H ad Ie ,l‘s w ife passed our «-In­
flows she would have slopped to look
no m atter what the consequences."
"W e made Apollo's shirts."
“Desdetnoua would net ev Itnve been
carcleea about her handkerchief had
It been one o f otire; they are too beau­
tifu l."— Roatou Transcript.
Usually the Way.
“W ell, Hobby,” SI,i,| Hie minister to
the email eon of one o f hie deacons,
"what le the news?”
"Dad's got a new set of false teeth."
“ Im leed !" salil the minister, re­
straining a desire to laugh; "and what
wilt he do with the old setT"
“Oh, I snnxw e." re|Uled Hobby, “he’ll
ru t 'em down and make me near 'em."
Combining beauty with utility, a ma­
terial is being made from skimmed
milk by a process recently brought to
the United States from England. As
It Is non-inflammable, odorless, and
can be drilled, glued or dyed. It has
a multitude of uses as a substitute for
Ivory, eboay, amber, tortoiseshell, horn,
and other sim ilar products. Besides.
It may be used as an almost perfect
Imitation of many natural products of
great price, among them being Chinese
Jade and lapis lazuli. A brilliant
polish is easily obtained and It can
be bent, pressed, and, to some extent,
moulded, or machined. As it is a non­
conductor of electricity, it may be
used in making decorative radio and
lighting fixtures. Also It has been
found valuable for ships’ cabins, hand
rails, automobile fixtures, and In the
making of beads, buckles, buttons.
Jewelry, fancy ornaments, cigarette
holders, combs, brushes, carriage han
dies, parts of furniture, pencils and
lienholders, organ stops, sod piano
keys.
Hongkong’s Sw ift Growth.
Jlongkong. when occupied by the
British In 1841, was just a barren la
land, and the part of the peninsula
opposite, known as Kowloon, merely
sand and marshland. The Inhabitants
were fishermen or pirates, or both
Today Hongkong with its thriving city
of Victoria, holds a population
about 1,000,000. In 40 years the rev­
enue and expenditures of Hongkong
and Its suburbs have Increased twen­
ty-fold. One of Its difficulties Is the
bousing question. Standardized houi
with from four to six rooms are be­
ing erected at a cost of 14,000 to $0,
600. Hongkong’s harbor has been so
much Improved that It now ranks as
one of the greatest ports In the world.
Gives Chin a Rest.
" It says here: 'One of the Idols m o«
revered by any heathen Is a figure of
a woman, seated, resting her chin In
her hands,’ " said Mrs. Farr, reading
from a book.
"Which proves they are about the
wisest people on earth,” suggested hei
husband.
"How so, Orrin I"
"W ell," said Mr. Farr, with em­
phasis, "because they make a deity of
a woman who has sense enough to give
her chin a rest."—I-lfe.
H E R M IS T O N
EMSON-FOM PLAN
UNFAIR TO FARMER
H E R M IS T O N ,
OEEGON.
Pacific International Live Stock Exposition
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Third Article Shows How Credit
Test Would Fail Him in
Hie Need.
The unfairness to the farm er of
the Edlton-Ford "commodity money"
scheme, although ostensibly aimed to
improve his economic position. Is dis­
cussed In the present article, which
Is the third In a series prepared by the
American Bankers Association, re­
viewing the exposure of the weak­
nesses of the plan as presented by
W illiam T . Foster, Director of the
Pollack Foundation tor Economic Re­
search.
Briefly, the plan, sponsored by Thom­
as Edison and Henry Ford, would pro­
vide tor Government warehousing of
baslo commodities, against which cur­
rency would be loaned, during storago,
to the producer without Interest, up to
halt the average value of the prod­
ucts for the previous twenty-five
years. On the other h alf of the value
the producer would receive certlfl-
cates which he could sell or use tor
bank loans.
Restricted Credit
lb (hat provision allowing for Gov­
ernment loans only up to h alf the
average value for twenty-flve yearr
M r. Foster finds particular weakness
in the scheme. H e points out that
prices have risen so high since 1898
that the farm er could borrow on most
products much less than half the pres
ent value of the products— much less,
in fact, than he could borrow directly
from the banks. Loans on the other
half the value, which would be on
virtually a second mortgage basis, he
says, would not be desirable for the
banks.
"The plan Is not fa ir even to farm­
ers; It Involves unjust discrimina­
tion," Mr. Foster says. “The Edison
plan fixes the loan values of all prod
nets absolutely, uniform ly and arbi­
trarily. I t Ignores the relative proa
poets of different commodity markets.
Only by the merest chance would such
a method give a fa ir loan valuation.
F ifty per cent of the average price
for the previous twenty-flve years
would be too high tor some commodl
ties and too low tor most of them
W ith such details the Edison plan is
not concerned.
Banka F airer to Farmers
“T he general practice of the banks
la not only faire r to farmers, but it Is
sounder business. There Is no Justi­
fication for basing the loan value of
anything upon average prices In past
years. Sound banking practice looks
to the future. A bank— for the pro­
tection of its depositors, if for no
other reason— must consider above
everything the prospects of getting
Its money back. And a farm er’s pros­
pects of repaying a loan from the sale
of his product depend entirely on fu­
ture prices, not at all on past prices.
Last year's runs do not count in this
year's game.”
As to the claim ' that the Edison
plan would curb speculation In farm
products, Mr. Foster says:
“There la nothing In the Edison
plan that would tend to abolish spec­
ulation. Even after the fa rire r had
stored his products and obtained a
loan from the Government, he would
still be free to sell his products out­
rig ht to speculators.
The farmer
would have a ll the Inducements to sell
that he has today, and speculators
would have all the Inducements to
buy.
Clearly, then, the Edison plan
would not provide a money that Is
sounder than gold money; It would
not provide a money less subject to
fluctuation In value; it would not en­
able farmers to obtain larger loans
than they can now obtain; It would
not divorce agriculture from the I I
banking system; and It would not
elim inate speculation in farm prod­
ucts."
Flour From Canada.
Up to recently the United States
supplied practically all of the flour
Imported Into Cuba. In 1010 Canada
supplied 1.0 per cent of Cuban flour
Imports, compared with 07.0 per cent
from the United States. In 1020 and
1021 Canada supplied 8.4 and 3.8 per
cent, respectively, while the United
States supplied 00.4 per cant In both
By JO H N O AKW O O D
yours. Importers state that Canadian
competition has recently shown
H ittin g tbs pipe seems like the
marked Increase.
greatest way In the world to get
something for nothing,— a whole para­
dise full of Joy for a tew whiffg of
New Zealand Flooke Dwindle.
One of the dlfflcultlee operating opium smoke. But—
s e e
against the meat-freezing Industry In
By the way. the big lure about flat
New Zealand le the decrease la the
number of sheep In the dominion, suc­ money Is that It seems to promise
cess In this Industry being largely about as much for nothing as a whiff
dependent upon maintenance of pro­ on the pipe. They are Just coming
duction.
It la hoped, however, that out of such a droam now In Germany
s e e
putting more reclaimed land Into con­
H ere is the wsy that German soft
dition for grazing w ill eventually
money dream goes. Say In 1913 a
bring the flocks back to normal.
man put a ten year mortgage for 20,
000 marks on bis farm. Marks Wtre
Big Horn’s W ater Power.
A party of government engineers. then worth. In gold, about - four
the dollar. The debt, therefore,
said to be the sixth party ever to go
85.000.
through the tortuous canyon of Rig was equivalent e to v about
e
Horn river In Wyoming and Montana,
In the ten years since that debt was
will soon publish a report showing
how thnt stream can be dammed to contracted, the German Goverument
has published, so to speak, trillions of
furnish 84,000 continuous horsepower,
paper marks. W hat happened f Whal
says the Kansas City Star.
would happen to the price of eggs If
they had a hen at Washington laying
New Zealand Building.
billion eggs a day,— even If they put
New Zealand expects to raise W,-
government stamp on them saying
tkk) ,000 to eld persons desiring to build
eggs were worth a quarter a piece?
homes The new fund. If approved by
German marks have gone down from
Ilia government, will allow an advance
four to the dollar to 120.000 to the
up to On |»er cent of construction costs. foliar.
The government has already seal«ed
s e e
In the building of 12.801 homes at ar
Hare Is where the p pe dream gets
expenditure of shout «01.000.000.
Analogous.
Cheering Him Up.
" I asked my flreyeqr-idri youngster,"
Unsuccessful
Author—A fte r
my
writes P. W , " If he could fell me why
desth the world will realise what I
the little hand of a watch goes faster
have done.
than the big one." Ills reply waa, “I
Hympethetle
Friend— W ell,
don’t
gm-ss It's for llie same reason I Imre
worry shout It, old chsp. You'll be nut
to run when I go wulklng with you.
of harm’s way then.— Bo«on T ra n ­
Isn't It, daddy r
script.
P A P E R MONEY
P IP E DREAMS
His Idas.
"Do yon consider It nnlncky to be
married on the 13lh of the month?"
“Certainly I" replied skimpy llllte
Mr. Meek, whore w ife was iway. "But
why specify the d a t e r — Kansas City
Star.
HERALD,
A huge building!
I t covers ten
acres of ground. I< takes a lot of
tim e to w alk all over ten acres, but
the Pacific International is so full of
interesting and fascinating exhibits
that nobody gets tired. Or if they
do. Its a “happy tiredness.”
Not only is it the largest building
of its kind in the world, but its a r­
rangement is ideal. T he great arena
where the Judging is done in the day­
tim e and the horse show held at night,
is in the center. In front la the beau­
tiful Industrial Exhibits divisions, 728
feet long and 120 feet wide— filled
w ith a bewildering number of exquis­
ite displays. On the other sides of the
arena are ranged the beef cattle
barn, the dairy cattle department,
sheep and goat department, poultry,
horses, w ith two big auction sales
rings in the comers.
The Pacific International Live Stock
Exposition Is recognized by livestock
men everywhere as one of the most
im portant institutions of its kind in
the world. It is held in Portland, Or.
November 3-10 inclusive. People come
across the continent to see Its attrac­
tions— the finest livestock in the
world. This Is an opportunity to visit
and learn and enjoy, close at home.
You could travel all over the United
States and see no better exposition.
The pride we take in the Pacific In­
ternational is Justified. It is ours, and
it indicates what kind of people we
are— the best.
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Start the Laying?^
N o w ’s the tim e to s ta rt your pullets
and moulted liens to laying— and cash
in on eggs. M oulting puts the egg
organs out o f gear. Go a fte r these
dorm ant organs w ith the old rcliablo
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I t puts the egg orgnns to work.
I t starts the feed the c-gg way.
I t gives red combs and red wattles.
I t brings back the song and scratch and cackle.
Pan-a-ce-a gives hens pep and makes mu:.- in the poultry
yard.
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Stock Comes Far to Pacific International
The Pacific International L ive Stock
Exposition Is held In Portland. Or..
hut It In "true to name.” Livestock of
the beat herds comes from oil parts
of Hie continent to fight oat the lest
bank) for nupremaey In Its show ring
A.iimale that win the purple ribbons
at the Pacific International are aa
good as the beet anywhere.
The lower panel of the picture
shows the Thorp string of Jerseys
That Vague Feeling.
Mre. A.— Did you ever have the feel­ from C alifornia. They w ill be at the
ing that you l ad mel a person before Exposition In Portland Novem ber 1
and perhaps bed au iinpirseant rz|«erk to »a to eee If they are as good as the
Jersey, of Oregon. Washington. Idaho
cure la Hie dim pa«?
Mre. B.--Yee, I snuielimes liars that nml elsewhere. T hey have gtxxl Jer­
feeling when hiring a cook.—Boston seys la California, bat they w ill meet
»he best of the W aal at Portland
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T he Insert above shows three very
lypy Shorthorns that are coming to
our exposition. They are o w n el by
H. C. Lookalisugh of Oklahoma. They
w ill help make up a wonderful at ring,
bul they w ill have to look their preb
ties! and beefiest If they win against
the other Shorthorn herds to be shown
this year.
Judges, without exception, w ill be
men of national experience, and great
ability. The Jud-lcg alone is worth
a trip to seu and hear.
T here is no livestock show held eee.
where in America that surpaasea that
of the Pacific International. And the
best of It Is that it ia near.
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