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THE HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON STATE HEWS CF 6ENERAUNTE1EST Two hundred thousand pounds ol /ool were sold with sealed bids at the /ool sale held in Condon last week, /rices ranged from 31% cents a pound 22% cents. Brief Resume of Happenings of the Week Collected for Our Readers. Klamath county’s share of Oregon ind California grant land tax refund was received by the county treasurer in the form of a- United States treas ury warrant for $111,855.03. j REGON California-Oregon Power company development work in southern Oregon under construction or ordered, will en- iail an expenditure of $5,000,000. This Fire insurance agents of Eugene Joes not Include a proposed further have effected a temporary organiza development that will meat) an addi tion and will organize permanently at tional expenditure of at least another million. the next meeting. Eigh t Salem canneries will start op erations June 1 on gooseberries. The strawberry crop will follow. The state board of control has awarded contracts for a new dining room and ice plant at the state home for the feeble-minded. L a Grande has no fear of a water shortage this summer. The two new wells and the Beaver creek supply are furnishing 3,842,400 gallons daily. W ith 80.87 Inches of rain In Astoria since the rainfall year started Septem ber 1, that city already has 3.88 inches af precipitation over the normal rain fall for the entire year. The normal annual rainfall in Astoria, based on records extending back more 'than 70 years, is 76.99 inches. Portland has been named conven tion city for the meeting of the Na tional Tuberculosis association next year, according to word received from Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunfcar, executive sec retary of the Oregon Tuberculosis as T. M. Gerow, Eugene architect, Is sociation, who is ' attending the con designing plans for a new school gym vention in Indianapolis, Ind. nasium and auditorium at Marshfield. Value of eggs bandied by the Cen Bonds amounting to $70,000 will be tral Oregon Poultry Co-operative in issued to finance the building. the first year of Its existence amount A site has been purchased aud work will start soon on a new armory at Baker, to cost from $20,000 to $30,000, the money to be raised by popular sub scription. » By ELM O S C O T T W A T 8 0 N I.-AG Day, which la observed on June 14 throughout the United States, has a spe cial significance this year because It Is the sesqul centennlal of the adoption of our national emblem. For It was on June 14, 1777, Just ISO years ago, that the Second Contin ental congress In Phila delphia adopted the reso lution, proposed by John Adams, which said: FI 1 Resolved, That the Flag of the thir teen United States be thirteen strlnes. alternate red and white, that the union be thirteen stars, white In a blue Held, representing a new conatellatlon. Thus did the flag come Into being. Its Inception Is one of our favorite traditions In which the names of George Washington and Betsy Ross ore lnsepnr'ably linked. According to this tradition, the first flag, combining the stars and stripes, was made by Mrs. Elizabeth Ross at her home, 280 Arch street, Philadelphia, under the personal supervision of George W ash ington some time between Muy 28 and June 7, 1777. The flag, as designed by Washington, had six-pointed stars and It was at Mrs. Ross’ suggestion that five-pointed stars were substi tuted. Her design was presented to con gress by a committee composed of her husband, Ool. George Ross, one of the signers of the Declaration of Inde pendence from Pennsylvania; Robert Morris and Washington, who In pre senting It said, "W e take the star from heaven, the red from our mother coun try, separating It by white stripes and the white stripes shall go down to posterity representing liberty." Such Is the tradition which Is com monly accepted, even though there Is DO documentary proof to back up its authenticity. Later Detsy Ross Is said to have received from the government a contract for making flags and she and her daughter carried on this busl- uees until 18S7. Today there are de scendants of Detsy Ross, such as the young woman pictured above, Miss Jane Ross of New York, who carry on the family tradition of flag-makers. According to another story, this first flag was designed by Francis Hopkin- son of New Jersey (also a signer of the Declaration of Independence) nnd the Itemised statement which he pre sented to the government In 1780 for his' services in designing this flag, ns well as the seal of the Department of Admiralty nnd of other governmental departments, Is on file In the Con gressional library. But whether Detsy Ross or Francis Hopktnson was the designer, as well as s number o f other details connected with the origin of the flag over which there Is dispute, is ever settled con clusively, the fact remains that June 14, 1777, was the date upon which the Amerlcnn flag officially came Into ex istence, and that la the reason for the observance of Flag day. It has spe cial significance this year, too, be cause the United States Flag associa tion, of which President Coolidge Is honorary president, has launched a campaign for a million members through the formation of "sesqulcen tennlal living flags" throughout the na tion. The United States Flag associa tion came Into being through the efforts of Col. Jam es A. Moss, U. S. A. (re tired), who served through three wars under the Htars and Stripes and who Is director general of the association. The founders of It are thirteen In num ber, typifying the thirteen stripes In the flag, and Include prominent men and women representing all races. Helped Him Out After dinner the other evening In a Paris cafe a Turk who was an en thusiastic partisan of the new ways of life In Ills own country was explaining that. In his opinion, marriage as prac ticed In Christian lands was the only method of mating which furnished a solid basis for society. "Yes," he concluded. “ I am a Arm believer In mono------, mono------ " And at this point, although he spoke Mail Hasrfaa MofertseW O f the 54.818 rural mall routes In the United States ttfl per cent have been motorised, according to the annual re port to congress of Postm.^ter Gen eral New. The combined lengths of the routes is 1.249.V78 miles and the total mileage traversed during the last flscsl year was 877,045,708. A machine has been developed ca pable of signing from (L500 to 7,500 checks In one hour. 1 J* It it Dedication of the Lane county cot tage at the W . C . T. U. Children’s Farm Home at Corvallis will occur Ju n e 19. The building has been com pleted and will soon be furnished. Albert W. McDermid, 42, of Seattle, a steeplejack, was killed at Baker when he fell from a smokestack on the Oregon Lumber company mill 75 feet to the roof of the engine room. FI ; y ¿SHH The organization of a Reedsport Merchant’s Protective association Is definitely under way. Heavy losses have been sustained by the merchants through improper placement of credit. - w vsai ¿Lite** J" fee. 1 creeds and political affiliation In the United States. The national council consists of the governors of the 48 states In the Union, typifying the 48 stars In the flag. The association, founded for the promotion of rever ence for the flag nnd the Ideals and Institutions for which It stands, hopes to bring about In this sesqulcentennlal year a “ patriotic revival” through the formation of "sesqulcentennlal living flags” on Flag duy. During the 150 years of its history the American Flag bus attracted -to It various symbolical names—Old Glory, Stars and Stripes, Red, White and Blue, the Nutlonal Standard, the Starry Flug, the Flag of the Free, the Rainbow of Hope, the Colors, the En sign, and the Star Spangled Bunner. The last Is perhaps the favorite one since It Is also the name of our na tional anthem. That name for It was first used in 1814 uud associated with It are the names of Fort Mclleury, Md., and Francis Scott Key. That, too, Is one of the familiar traditions of American history but there Is no dispute about the facts connected with naming the flag “ the Star Spangled Danner" as there Is In the case of the origin of the banner. During the VYnr oi 1872 » British ex pedition set out to “ cut the nation In two” by moving up the Chesapeake hay, capturing Washington and Balti more nnd from this strategic position operating north nnd south. Washing ton was captured and the capItol burned. But wheu the British fleet moved against Baltimore It found a stout defender of that city In the form of Fort McHenry. During the bombardment of the fort Francis Scott Key, a young Maryland lawyer, was detained on board one of the British ships to which he had gone seeking the release of a friend who had been taken prisoner by the Brit ish. All during the night Key watched the bombardment. A t dawn he peered through the mist and smoke to see If the fort still held out or If Its guns had been silenced and It had been forced to surrender. To his delight he saw that “our flag was still there." So he sat down and wrote the words of the Immortal song on the back of an old envelope. French with facility, he could not think of the word he wnnted. Where upon his Freuch host cams to his res cue. “ Monotony." said the latter. TAia M ay Ba Trua Elisa was a hired girl. She lived tn Kansas, nnd she had never aeen the ocean. Finally, though, her mistress took her to Ocean park. On their arrival at Ocean park they went down to the sunlit beech and the Guncotton From Garbage Possibly some day nothing whatever will be wasted. The last word In salvaging scraps comes from Berlin. Germany, where an engineer. Kurt (lerson, has recently erected a large plant to convert the garbage of the city Into guncotton, artificial silk and o th e r useful products. By this proc ess. reports Popular Science Monthly, all cellulose matter la sifted from the garbage end subjected to special treat- I M M , Sk , z • * DLgf - 1 ' HX ‘ ; W > < fS JT , - r The original “ Star Spangled Ban ner," the flag which flew over Fort Mc Henry that memorable night Is still preserved In the National museum In Washington. It was made by Mrs. Mnry Plckersglll of Baltimore, whose grandmother, Rebecca Young, Is said to have mude “ the first flag of the Revolution under General Washing ton’s direction," although her de scendants who have preserved the story do not specify which flag this “ first” one was. In Its present state of preservation the Stnr Spangled Ban- ne is 32 by 20 feet. It has 15 stripes nnd un equal number of s^ rs. It was one of the famous “ 15 Stars and Stripes” Hugs authorized by congress In 1704, since there were then only 15 states In the Union. It was one of these "15 Stars and Stripes" flags which flew from the mast of the U. S. S. Constitution»“ Old Ironsides," and under which Oliver Hazard Perry fought In his famous naval battle on Lake Erie. Nor has the memory of Key been forgotten. He died In Baltimore In 1843 and he lies burled In Frederick, Md., the town made famous by the tradition of Barbara Frletchle and her defiance of "Shoot If you must this old gray head, but spare your coun try’s flag.” In 1914 congress made an appropriation for a monument at Fort McHenry to stand as a memorial to Key and the American soldiers and sailors who beat off the British at tack. This monument was dedicated on Flag day In 1922 with President Harding delivering the principal ad dress. The Slxty-elghth congress In 1925 appropriated the sum of $50,(100 for the restoration of Fort McHenry un der the direction of the secretary of war and "Its permanent preservation as a national park and perpetual na tional memorial shrine as the birth place of the Immortal ’Star Spangled Banner.’ " This work Is now going on, with the fort Itself being restored and the buildings around It being torn down to make place for a beautiful park. In the picture above, showing Fort McHenry as It Is today, the flag staff Is said to be the same one which the flag, that Inspired Francis Scott Key, flew and from It a "Star Span gled Banner still waves." There will -be a new Church of Christ building erected at Sweet Home in the near future. The officers al ready have had the blue print made. This will be quite an Improvement to the town. Grain operations on Tule lake are seriously curtailed by high water in the 96,000-acre basin, and as a result the annual crop will be below that of last year, Klamath County Agent C A . Henderson reported. The Interstate commerce commis sion designated Portland as one of three western cities In which hearings on western livestock rates will be held within the next two months by the commission’s examiners. Between 700,000 and 800,000 baby chicks were shipped by Salem baby chick hatcheries during the last year, according to figures prepared in Salem recently. This year's shipments will exceed 1,000,000 baby chicks, it was said. The city of Ashland has filed with the state engineer an application for permission to construct the Reeder gulch reservoir for the storage of 800 acre-feet of water In Jackson county. The estimated cost of the project was $350,000. Portland Is suffering from an epi demic of measles, according to figures contained In the weekly report of the state board of health for May 21. This shows Portland had 196 cases of meas les. In the remainder of the state were 122 cases of measles. Assurance that a station of the Pa cific Co-Operative Poultry Producers’ association will be established In Eu gene was made coincident with the an nouncement that Lane farmers con trolling more than 100,000 hens have signed up with the organization. ed to over $25,000, It was anuounced at the annual meeting of the co-opera tive In Redmond. Verne Livesay of Plainview hag been re-elected presi dent of the Mid-state Association of Poultrymen. One-half of the $12,000 needed by the McMinnville chamber of com merce for the purchase of the Hunt cannery building and plant was ob tained last week by a solicitation com mittee headed by W . L . Osborn, coun ty assessor. After the purchase ol the cannery it will be used as the re ceiving plant for fruit during the com ing season. Following the receipt of the su preme court decision holding that the law passed by the recent legislature authorizing the removal of the county seat to Medford from Jacksonville was constitutional, at an informal confer ence ot Medford city officials, It was decided to go ahead with preparations for construction of the new city hall courthouse building at once. Residents of Oregon must watch their steps a little more closely from now on, if they would escape an argu ment with the courts. Last Saturday, 370 new laws enacted by the last leg islature became effective, the 90 days since the close of the session elapsing at midnight Friday. These 370 new laws die in addition to 81 emergency measures passed at the last session, already effective. Douglas county will enjoy a reduc tion in general taxes of more than 25 per cent as a result of the payment by the government* of the Oregon & California tax refund, It is estimated Douglas county’s share of the initial payment was the largest to be re ceived by any county of the state, as it has more of the revested lands than any of the other 18 counties concern ed. Douglas county's check amounted to $1,471,640.66. Oregon cherry growers have been Invited by the United States tariff commission to send representatives tc Washington, D. C ., to attend the hear ing June 28 in connection with the cost Investigation of cherry produc tion now being conducted under the commission’s direction. Pacific coast growers had requested an increase In the present tariff rate of two cents a pound on cherries. In order that they might better meet foreign competition. Peach growers of the Brogan vicin ity report that prospects for a bumper crop are very good. Fear was felt earlier in the season that all the peaches were killed by the heavy frosts In April, but orchardlsts now say that only a small percentage was Injured and, barring further loss, the yield will be up to normal. Thera is more water In the Willow creek reser voir than there has been at any time in the past three years, so no loss from drought Is expected. A bullet accidentally fired from a gun in the pocket of Jam es F . Toney, Redmond city marshal and Deschutes county deputy sheriff, killed his 4- Construction of ten miles of logging year-old son, Jam es, In Redmond last railroad at an estimated cost of $100,- week. It was believed that a knife 000. will be undertaken Immediately In the pocket pressed against the by the Shaw Bertram Lumber com pistol trigger. Toney was seated in pany of Klamath Falls, It was an chair in his home, his two small nounced. The logging road will tap sons, Bobby and Jam es, playing on timber holdings of the concern in the the floor, near their mother. The Squaw Flat district, 40 miles east ol bullet passed between two of Toney’s Klamath Falls. fingers and pierced the boy’s heart. Within two or three weeks motor Coinciding with the June $8 special mistress said, waving her hand out to wards the great, windy spread o f roll ists may again pass entirely around state election, a special county and Mount Hood on the Mount Hood loop. city election will be held in L a Grande. ing wnters and white sails and wheel Ing gu lls: That was the news H. B. Van Duser Petitions already are being circulated "There, Elisa, there’s the sea. What ot the Oregon state highway commis to place a measure on the ballot pro do you think of It?" sion received from the commission’s posing to reassign $398,000 In un “Gosh." said Ellas. “ It smells Ilka snow removal crew. spent road bonds for construction at oysters, don't It?" Improvement ot the Chilolquln- new county highways. Including a I I - Klamath agency road became a car mile road from Union to Medleal Got Along W ithout Zara tainty with the receipt of word from Springs, and a Summervllle-Elgln The Greeks and Romans did not have a zero In their numerals Our J. H. Scott, state market road engi connection with the Toll Gate road present system with the zero was de neer, that the state highway commis over the Blue mountains to connect rived from that of the Arabs. sion had designated the thoroughfarv with the Um atilla county road via Sor aa a market road. est service highway. An after-dinner speech has to he ment Moreover, by distilling such In thia day o? fcmlnfns bandits, tactful. It never refers In the slight matter as potato parings and pieces there’s no bettor protection than a est way to the high coat of food. o f wood, Oerson declares he can pro duce tar, charcoal and acetic acid. The beet way to determine whether a lightning flesh Is spiral or Jagged to Biblical M a t ary to take one home and examine IL The total numbest of Is ra e lit« sa gaged In the war with the Mldlanltss Tee co at believe h alf yoe hear, or was 12,0(10—1,000 for every «ribs half yoe reed In p rin t The deaf and blind ere enjoying e Grading of the athletic field at the Rainier Union high school was begun last week by John L . Brooks of St. Helens. The work of putting the field Into shape will be completed by Aug ust 1. It is claimed for the field that It will be one of the best tn Columbia county. Actual construction work on the new nurses’ home at the Oregon state hospital will get under way within the next two weeks, according to an nouncement made in Salem by Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner, superintendent of the institution. It will cost approximately $150,000. Misai H al* Himaolt Heaven ne’er helps the man whs will not a c t—Sophocles The new radio lew will «ot he sat isfactory nnleee It te On a Tipperary Road, Ireland. (P rep a red b y th e N a tio n a l G eograp hic . S o cie ty , W a sh in g to n . D. C.) r R E L A N D , which holds such a se cure place In many hearts, is not a large country. The longest line of land which can be drawn Is three hundred miles— from Fair Head, In the northeast, to Mlzen Head, In the southwest Taklug the country as a rough lozenge, the short diagonal from northwest to southeast is about two hundred miles. The terrain Itself may be roughly divided Into three parts: a mountain ous region In the north, an equally mountainous region In the south, and a great central plain. The mountains In the north of Ire land are a geological continuation of those of Scotland, and those of the south a like continuation of the Welsh mountains. The Irish Centrul .plain Is opposite what in England Is called by soldiers the Chester gap and so, naturally, the Irish Central plain Is England’s logical and only military outlet to the northwest. The rich and fertile province of Meath was the possession of whatever tribe In Ireland could take and hold IL In earliest dtlys Dublin and Its Llffey was not the principal site of the Irish kings, but Tara, tn Meath, and. Boyne, with its lush meadow grass and its infinity o f salmon. In the southwest Limerick was hardly less Important Limerick was protected on the west by the Atlantic and on the east by the wide and dangerous Shan non. The Shannon Is Considered the real military frontier of Ireland In the w est The greatest of English sol diers, the Lord Protector Cromwell, did not dare to Invade Connacht (Con naught). - What you will see as a visitor In Ireland depends on your own mind. Names, little crannies In cities, will work their white eery magic on you. The walls of Derry (Londonderry) will make your heart beat faster, for no gallantry In Froissart rivaled that of the thirteen apprentice boys who locked the gates against Jam es of the Fleeing and held the city for eight long months, not only against King Jam es, but against famine and pestilence. Things ta See and Think About On Lough Erne you will find that Saint Patrick’s purgatory which en thralled the m lnd.of medieval Europe and which Is still a place of devout pilgrimage. A t Ballyshannon you may be for- thnate enough to see the salmon, lying packed like sardines, awaiting the op portune moment to spring up the Falls of Assaroe, springing sixteen feet In the air against the foaming roaring water. A t Muckross the fantastic cliffs will hold you. In that one named the Mar ket House you will see a blood brother of the rock out of which the African sculptor hewed the fearsome Sphinx. In Donegal you will see the desolate Rosses, a tangle of small lakes and great granite boulders, and he who loses his way in that desert by night Is the most luckless of beings. The great mountain of Donegal Is Errlgal, and Its white cap Is not snow but white quartz. From Its top, on a fair day, you can see the Scottish Heb rides, Islay and Ju ra, floating on the water like young brown gulls. From Horn Head, sometimes out of mist will emerge the rocky battle ments o f Tory Island, like something evoked by an enchanter’s wand. The roar of the Atlantic crashing Into that cavern known as MacSwlne’s Gun will shake the stoutest heart Belfast la about as Irish a city as Paisley Is. It is of no antiquity and, except for commerce, of no Impor tance; but within easy reach of It are the blue Mourne mountains, the great Dun of Downpatrick, where the coun try folk say that S t Patrick, S t Brlglt, and S t ColnmklUe are all three buried. Near Castle Upton are some rained buildings o f the Knights Templars, of Interest aa a minor establishment founded by the Knights who escaped to Harris. At Antrim Is the greatest round tower of Ireland, nearly one hundred feet high. Neer the town Is Longb Neagh, the largest lake In the British Isles, bordered with orchards. Gentle Hint? The movie sets often afford unexpected humor. The other day Reaves Eason shouted through his megaphone: "New, Boot, speak that t it le ’ I t was a love scene b stwssn Hoot Olbaea sad Barbara W orth, and Hoot, obeying Instructions, burbled the dra- “I f yea know what I waa ta ted to A t Balllnderry Jeremy Taylor wrote his most Important works, and near It, at Whlteabbey, Anthony Trollope wrote his autobiography. Near Car- rlckfergus, at Kilroot, Dean Sw ift had a living for a small time. » Nine Glens of Antrim. North of Belfast, at Larne, begin the Nine Glens of A ntrim : Glenarm, Glencloy, Glenarlff, Glen Ballyemon, Glenaun, Glencorp, Qlendun, Glen- shesk, and Glentow. Near Cushendall is Ossian’s grave. Thackeray called Glenarlff a miniature Switzerland. North of Antrim Is Rathlln island, or Raghery, as the Gaels call It. T h e stormy sea between Ireland and Rag hery Is called Sloch-na-mara, or Gullet of the Ocean, and can only be sailed over in the finest of weather. H ere is Bruce's refuge. It Is a gallant little Island, with an Immensity of birds. It is mentioned not only by Charles Kingsley, but by Ptolemy. Near Ballycastle is the famous C ar- rlck-a-Itede, a ropewalk over a chasm sixty feet wide and ninety deep, a couple of planks lashed together by rope. The handrail, also a rope, swings away from you as you cross. The Giant’s Causeway, near by, 1» more curious than beautiful. The best time to see It Is In a gale, when the tessellated terraces are assaulted by a cavalry of foam. Parts of It are called by fantastic names: the Honey comb, Lord Antrim’s Parlor, the Or gan, the Giant’s Loom, the Gateway, and the Lady’s Fan. Howth Is northward, with the small islands of Ireland's Eye and Lam bay. Through Swords and Malahlde one travels to Drogheda, whose walls still show the effect of the lord protector’» cannon, and whose river, the Boyne, shows so little effect of Ireland’» greatest battle. Westward of Drogheda Is New- grange, famous for its Druid burial mound, with a passage of great stone» forty-eight feet long leading into a stone-roofed chamber. It Is the oldest Celtic monument In Europe. The Norsemen are supposed to have rifled It, so that no man knows what >' con tained. Tallaght, near Dublin, is the great burial place of the legendary legion» o f Parthelon. who died of the plague. Kingstown Is so modern as to be vul gar. Bray and Dalkey are pretty little- coast towns. Wicklow and Val« of Avoca. Going In Wicklow, you enter a world of glens, like Glen of the Downs, the- Devil's glen, and mountain lakes like Tay and Lough Dan. Glendalough, or the “ Glen of Two Lakes,” as the Gaelic name means, is a deep, solitary glen In a wild region, the upper lake of which has something terribly sin ister about IL Here are the ruins o f seven churches, which have stood fo r upward of twelve hundred years, and a round tower. It Is the site of the hermitage of S L Kevin. The Vale of Avoca and the Meeting of the Waters are the prettiest spot» In Leinster. The scenery of Leinster seems to have a feminine, soft quality. The road from Dublin to K lllam ey passes through Maryborough and Thurles, In which latter city Silken Thomas, the Earl o f Kildare, burned the great cathedral In 1495 because he thought the archbishop was inside. Moeroun castle, on the Kerry road. Is the birthplace of Admiral Sir W il liam Penn, the father of the founder of Pennsylvania. Gougane Barra is a place of the most dark and beautiful aspect Steep mountains and a lake like black marble, and trembling sliver rivers shining Into the dark water. The English poet, William Words worth, writing about Klllarney, s a y s : “ In point of scenery this Is the finest portion of the British Isles,” which is treason to his own lake country. The name Klllarney means “ Church of the sloa hushes.” The lakes are three: the Upper or M cCarthy Moore*» lake; the Middle or Tore lake; the Lower la called In the Gaelic Lough Leane. In the Gap of Dunloe, the brawling Loe river expands Into little lakes o f water remarkable for tbelr blackness. The Golden MacGIUlcuddy’s reek» and the Purple mountains stand around thia district like sentinels. Quick as a flash Miss Worth re torted : "And I f yon knew whst I*as thinking, you'd he a little boulder."— Los Angeles Times. Tooth fa r Fa fulfilled aro. si request of recently at Moo- Wales. 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