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About The Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 19??-1984 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 9, 1926)
"Bad Man’* Began H it Lawless Life Early Bill Langley probably was one of the toughest characters that Texas ever produced, Owen P. White tells us. In Collier’s Magazine. According to his family Bible he was born of hi ni-st, God-fqarlng parents, but be ok to shooting early. When he was (nly fourtyey years nl<l he was doing |ls dally dozen with a pair of stx- {hnnters and tilling all the trees In ¡lie sr •ortrnl wood lot with clusters ef leuden bullets, generally grouped < dozen in a spot and no spot more than six Inches In diameter. Thus early in life did Biil make a bid for fame. He learned to shoot with both fiands; afoot or horseback. It was the .Same to him. But, sad to relate of one So young. Bill's'conscience apparently was Just as well trained as his shoot in g eye. It never bothered hint In the slightest degree. Hence, before he was nineteen years he had six nicks on bis gun and had been hanged by a Texas vigilance committee. But the hanging did not “take." Members of the party fired shots nt hliu as they rode away. One of the bullets clipped the rope, weakening It, and a few -moments later be dropped to the ground and quickly recovered. After , several years of wild depredation, Langley was executed in Uiddiugs, Texas, October 11, 1.878: CHAIN STORE | of the Dally Chron icle of London, who traveled by rail from Bucharest to Cracow, writes: “As Is the custom on transcontl- mental lines, the menu for each meal was printed In the language of the country through which the train was passing at the time. Thus I had mt, lunch In Rumanian, but at dinner was confronted by a Polish menu. I chose 'hementex,' which somehow suggested an Esperanto deli cacy. What was my delight whet» a dish of ham and eggs was placed be fore D»r Dogs Must Wear Moccasins Army regulations referring to dogs nsed,J^,Ah*kH for transportation pro- vlde tlWt.^with other things, each sled Iskeyuoaj abal! be furnished with “two of moccasins specially fitted for each dog." Another unusual feature of these regulation. is that “the nails of dogs will be carefully pored down before the first work In the fall, and *11, be examined every month and pared as often as necessary to prevent polling out, which noses lamerteoSb” PRICES D E P A R T M E N T STORES PENDLETON, OREGON W arm th without weight) Or bulkineis. In a large va- >riaty of designs — w ide1 ¡stripes, n a r r o w stripes, 'checks and plaids in the, silky Rayon weaves. Cut, wide, long and fringed. A ll low priced at— For a girl or woman, a colorful, thoughtful* gift on the Christmas tree, in silk fabrics and gay Col- o;s. $1.49 and $1.98 98c to $3.98 Men’sWarm Bathrobes Men’s Ties Silk Hose For Gifts The Christmas Gift Beautiful Silk Lingerie Profusely Lace . Trimmed Every man likes a practical gift, and what could be more practical than a warm, com fortable bathrobe. They are here in a large and interesting assortment. A gift which is sure to bring sincere apprecia tion! 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Varied in Color and Fabric S c to D rum s Vanity Set Beautifully Boxed For a Fine Gift GlfT Good taste in Christ mas gifts is exemplified by a box of nice station ery. Ours, priced, 25c to 98c Witt'. Letters and Number« In Fine Qualities Machine Gun S ta tio n e r y Steel Slates For Christmas $1.98 $2.98, $3.49 Everyone likes to get Hand kerchiefs for Christinas! Don’t you ? Well, why not give them, too. For children as well as grown-ups, and for boys and men as well as girls and women. In white, colors, and a grett variety of Patterns in Linen as well as Silk, See them, priced, These warm, bright-col ored, imported wool mufflers make acceptable gifts for Christmas They depict com- forl and style, and are shown here in a great variety of pa Herns. The price, too, is very low! Our styles are varied and original. Our price, too, you w ill find different— it’s low er! Don’t overlook our love ly lingerie of »ilk I Priced, for value, it , is the best 1 gift you can buy I i Men’s Mufflers Girl» and women love to receive powder, perfume, and other requisites as Christ mas gifts. Here is a box 'Combining several of these attractively, priced. $2.49 Tool Chest AluminumSets Ju»t Perfect for Boy« Our Dolls For “Make Believer For Christmas Gifts I t Keeps Firing ' ■ j ! I . j It really shoots litre a machine gun! how boys adore that! Priced.. Imagine Q Q ,, Struct© Toys T h e y 're P o p u la r No general is equal, In I boy’s mind, to the drum mer 1 Let him learn to beat the drum«, priced, 49c to $4.98 W h e e l Barrows They Do Their Staff Hid Stolen Gold in Eye New Name for Old Dish For Christmas AT LOWER /AfC. ORGANIZATION I ' . I | I Silk Scarfs ALWAYS 49e Handel Rebuked King A correspondent GOODS DEPARTMENT Ponderous German Verbs The death of the owner of a "pub" at Kalgoorlle, western Australia, re cently revealed a unique theft from the gold mines many years ago. In his youth the man had lost an eye in an explosion and a glass one had been substituted in the socket. A cavity at the back of this furnished a hiding place for gold stolen from the mine, and though the miner stole only a ■matl blt ot gold each day, his reve nue from this source was about $40 a week. Before his death the man told his friends that he had stolen several thousand dollars worth of gold, but that he retired and bought a “pub," fearing he might arouse sus picion. , RELIABLE QUALITY A Comfortable Gift The first published vork of .b el Chandler Harris, creator of “Uncle Be nins,” was set Into type by hand as Ideas came to Ills head, without first being committed to paper, says .1. T. Maury of Plain Dealing, who worked with Harris on the Monroe Advertiser In Forsyth, Ga., shortly ufter the close of the Civil war. Harris would not read his composi tions after they were in print If he could avoid it. He taugiu Maury lo mad proof au d ’ tlius avoided having to read what he hud “written" with type. Harris was extremely shy and declined to meet many persons. Once i HarrlSi Mark Twain and George W. Cable met In Ney Orleans. Twain recounts the instance in his "Life on | the Mississippi." When the New Or- I leans children saw “Uncle Remus” I they were greutly dlsapolnted and ex claimed : “ Why, he’s white." To console them, a move was made to have Harris read the Tar-Baby story aloud. But he never had real aloud to people and was too shy to make the venture. Th courage of conviction is a char acteristic to be admired. Handel held no other avocation or Individual higher In his estimation than the ele vated standard to which he placed music. To him the power of man was no greated power than that of his art. With such exalted reverence did his genius worship the spirit of music it la quite reasonable to accept his fear, less manner of constantly champion ing It, no matter what «he dignity of the personage whom he found himself compelled to address. On one c m - sion, when the king of England told Handel how grently the performance of “The Messiah” hnd pleased him, the composer answered: “Your majes ty, I did not intend to amuse or afford pleasure, but to make the world bet- ter.”—The Violinist. LARGEST For “His" Gift Joel Chandler Harr's Never a Social "Lion'* The ponderous use of the divided German verb Is as characteristic of their mental processes ns is one of their great machines. In fact. It re minds one of Big Bertha shooting at Paris. It qlso seems to be tbe tiling which la meat embedded in their wuy of thinking. I knew a German who had lived forty years In America and had prac- tlcally forgotten all of his German. But to the end of his days he would get off such an expression as this: “As long as I live In this town the more I find, by Jlmlny ^Christmas, out,” and that final “out" landed with all the force of a projectile which had been carefully alined and had carried a long distance.—Henry C. Emery in Harper’s Magazine. fit NATION-W IDE IN S TITU TIO N - WORLD'S Rayon Scarfs Isn’t it time your boy had a tool chest of his own? Why not give him one of our excellent sets this Christmas. Priced, 98cto$7.90 Letter Blocks Because they represent real, fascinating machinery.) A sure hit for a boy I 98c tp $2.98 The Whole Alphabet For the tree housewife who just must cook for her doll-babies 1 Alumi num sets, priced, 69c to $1.98 39c to $1.29 Sewing Seta A Gift for a Girl For the Doll Dressmakerl Every need in sewing kit*. Priced, Telephone Toys I f you want an exquisite, Doll, of fine quality, and. beautifully dressed, we have them! Priced, 98c to $9.90 “Hello, hel lo I" Here's toy Telephone to tic k le tiny tot» I Priced, 29c to $1.49_______ Penco slate, priced, Children Adore Them B o y « J e s t m u s t have wheelbarrows to play w ith! Our Christmas selection is beret ___ The boy or girl learn ing his or her letters will w e l c o m e this alphabet Flyer 39c to 98c An AU Steel Wagon Scooters la • Large Size Walk-a-Way The Car for Kiddies Glasbake Real Cooking Wear Efim For the little girl who loves to “play house" I Gla»s baking dishes like mother’s. All the world of chil dren love scooters I Here to comes — and on a Penco Scooter, of course 1 Priced low. $1.49 - -i • Baby can’t do without, a scooting car like this!. Ours are vyell-made to withstand rough u s e I Priced, 98c Have You Done Your Christmas Shoppin -
