tra n A T .n , H E R M IS TO N « OMCQOX.
sheriff takes the Herald la not so
concerned, other than to let It be
known that the statem en ts were
Published every Thursday a t H er. made In good faith. But there Is an
Balaton, Umatilla County, Oregon by angle of the m atter In w hich this
Jeeeyh 8. Harvey, editor and man- newspaper is concerned, nam ely, the
fact th at supervision over prisoners
ager.
at sig h t is lacking.
In last w eek’s editorial no effort
Entered aa second elans m atter
December, 1901, at the poetofftce at w as made to "put a shirt" on any in
H erm iston, U m atilla County, Oregon. dividual, or o fficia l, back, but the
fact rem ains th a t responsibility rests
w ith som eone for this condition of
Subscription Rates
affaire. The sh eriff refuses to ac
»2.0« cept responsibility for the situation,
One T e a r --------------------------
COPYRIGHT in the UNITED STATES
»1.00 adm its it has caused him no little
Six M o n th s.......... .......................
concern and worry, and states that be
asked for the extra help that would
A LETTER FROM THE SHERIFF make nigh t attendance at the Jail fortune." He smiled at his daughter
“1 have, and that's a fact. Site ha!
possible and was refused by the been living with her aunt In 'Eng
The Herald Is In receipt of the f o l- . county court.
land."
low in g letter from R. T. Cooking-1
W ith the sh eriff firm ly, almost
“Till 1 couldn’t stand It any longer,"
ham, sheriff, in w hich he comm ents angrily, refusing the shirt, and the Nlta informed then..
Her • father was greatly troubled.
on an ed itorial carried by th is paper county court undoubtedly pleading
In its issu e of July 7. The letter in against having its Individual and Ctre.imslunces, us be would presently
fu ll lg as follow s:
| collective shoulders draped w ith the explain to Mr. Milnian, had compelled
him to bring Ilia long-lost duughte.
July 8, 1927
garm ent on the grounds that it has
here. But wliat be had to say could
In the E. O. of th is date I discover been m aking every effort to keep not be said in tier presence.
under caption "W hat Others Say" down expenses that taxpayers must
“I wonder,’’ he said ingenuously,
taken from the H erm iston Herald meet, Isn't It about tim e for that "whether Mr. Mulct would mind show-
w hat I am considering an In ju stice1 powerful force, public opinion, to be teg you the Japanese garden. You’ll
to me as sh eriff of th is c o u n ty .' introduced as a factor In th is matter. be simply crazy over it, especially the
W hether you Intfhded ft as directed
, g jt r|Kht or Just to have men •Stone of the Unfortunate Burglar.'
at me or not I do not know, but I locked in ja il over night w ithout an Ur. Mulet understands these tilings so
much better than I do.” He winked
am not a litU e surprised at the mis- attendant in easy reach In case of
representations w hich m ight refle c t! , (re, fights, sickndss or attempted ponderously al the sculptor, lie tried
to convey the Impression that he must
som ewhat again st me most unjust- ja nbreaks? Furthermore, lg it good speak privately with his host.
ly.
business? One fire resu ltin g in the ! ; “A Japanese garden?” she cried.
In the first place you quote a prls>! cremation of a dozen or 15 prisoners “How delightful. Please, Mr, Mulet,
oner of the Jail as sayin g the jail Is undoubtedly would result in one or Chow me Its wonders.’’
"Look here,” said her father when
locked at 5 o'clock P. M. and no one 1 geverai civil
actions
for
dam-
is around u n til 7 : SO A. M. Now, I ag,,g that m ight set the county back she had gone. "1 couldn't help this.
am surprised that you would print financially enough to amount to a I They made things so hard for her that
such a statem en t w ithout Inquiry, hundred years’ pay for a nigh t Jailer. She ran away. Slie had an idea 1 was
sick and in ueed of her. She actually
The fact is th at 1 m yself or some | The fact
that U m atilla county
earned her passage money. The tirsi
of the deputies are around the office
n g prisoners up at night, and ' e f my breed to earn money! She was
u n til ten or eleven o ’clock nearly for a |, pract|cal purposes forgets wnitlng at Peekskill for me. Llppsky
every nigh t, and th is custom has pre- them and trusts to chance that they Saw his chance and made the most of
vailed ever since I have been sheriff, wm be safe and alive the next moru- tt. 1 had to pay everything. You see
and
no
irresponsible
bootlegger , ng
me now penniless again. She thinks
should be permitted to make a state-
Thg co,|n ty hag no business doing I am staying here overnight and will
ment like that go unchallenged, much guch a th ln g
undoubtedly It Is take an apartment on Central park
tomorrow." He looked appealing at
less believed, by any one.
violating the established law of the
.tie two men. “Could I help it? i
It Is true we have no night guard state in so doing. There can be no had to bring her here. She has noth
and I w ill take no blame for that | qmiestlon but that It violates the ac- Ing left. The Barnes breed of cattle's
There never has been In the history eepte<l standards of what is right and uot economical. Here we are beggurs.
of this county. T he matter
w akifa l|. in anch an action. It can not outcasts in our own city.”
"Neither beggars nor outcasts for
taken up by one grand Jury with the i afford to continue in such a course,
three months—at least—’’ Peter Mil-
county court Bince I have been
limn said cheerfully. "Of course, your
sh eriff, but the court did not see fit
SENATOR STEIWER TELLS ONE
daughter must remain here. It will
to employ one. The layman reading
be pleasant to have someone young
th is article m ight think the sheriff
and beautiful with us.” He lowered
to blame but th is Is not so.
(Portland Oregonian)
U s voice a little. "She must never
You sta te th at th e force in this
Senator Steiwer is an entrant in «aspect what brings us all here. It
office is now several tim es l a r g e r , ^ gouth Unlatula Gazette’s lying can be supposed that we are engaged
than a few years ago which is a: s > contest, as ig also a clergyman of la some promotion concerning oil.” He
lutely not true. I have the same those parts. There is no purpose put his hand on Barnes’ shoulder with
number of deputies as were employed here In m entonlng the parson, ex a friendly gesture. “I envy you. I
th irty years ago, and the work has cept to show that the senator is in am going to see that a room is pre
more than trebled. Only one office good company and that the contest pared for her.”
Barnes looked at Bradney when the
clerk to care for the civil desk has Is patronized by the elect. As a
door was closed.
been added since my Incumbency. matter of fact, we think the clergy
’’Outside here,” he sold, “in the
So it is em inently unfair aiftl unjust
man's falsehood to be unw orthy of world which calls Itself society, Peter
for you to publish such a statem ent. the cloth; that Is to say, we believe Mllman has the name of being a
I cannot understand your attitude. that the parson could do a great soured old grouch and a disgrace to
I am carrying on the work of sher deal better If he really tried, for his name. 1 ask you, as man to man,
iff w ith tw o regular deputies Just parsons are mrn of fire and fancy If you’ve ever run across anyone more
as Mr. Taylor and Mr. Houser did and fervor. But we are speaking considerate? My Ood, Bradney, if you
before me, and none of them ever of Senator Steiwer, and his entry, knew the sort of life I’ve led since
had tfielr hofue in the epurt hoiise with which we are equally disap that trouble nt Saratoga trying to keep
my end up when my people had
except the last few months of Hous- po, ntef,
The t88entialg of the gen- dropped me and my old pals f u t me
• r ’a term when he lived in the has*-! tor>g gtory gre t h w ;
dead, you'd understand Just what this
ment and so far as being able to
__
,
...
.
.v
Near Hermiston some years ago means, l'in going the limit for Peter
hear an yth in g goin g on in the J a il,
„„„
j the carp, alw ays inclined to graze, Mllman. You've Just seen how he
| became avid for alfalfa and grad saved me from another humiliation. 1
should have hud to tell my girl her
m ight as w ell have been in Helix.
u a lly deserted th« stream s and
As for fire and Jail breaks I ns - d|tcheg to deva8tate the fields, father was such au utter failure he
sure you I have spent many sleep less! Th, ngg came tQ ft ger,oug pggg The couldn’t even get her a roam In a
cheap hotel.’’
nights about th at and would be KUd genator wag urged t0 come and lend
“1 know how you must feel,” Brad
to put a man on as night guard but I
bW tQ whlch p]ea hg rf8pondedi ney commented.
you know as w ell a* I do that it Is brlng)ng hlg dogg In th9 „ V8,y
"We’ve got to get the money out of
a m atter o f economy alw ays, and the
hunt w h,ch en8Ugd aU
U g Raxon,” Barnes went on, “even If
county o ffic ia l, are all trying to keep foraglng ll8h were ila ln except one Pro the goat and end up In Sing
down the expenses of the taxpayer. | hug# bu„ carp pf a mogt gv„
Sing.
Frnnkly, Bradney, I'm not
I have fel.t the need of another dep-
fellow eluded th# dogg much of an original thinker. 1 can
u ty and have asked for one but have for gome bour# dodglng hlther and carry out another man's conception
never had my request granted. When yon about the field, and when cor absolutely end add a few Improve
th e sh eriff and his tw o deputies work nered turned and gave battle. In ments of my own, but I look to peo
ple like you and Malet to dope out
from eig h t In the morning to eleven fine, he whipped the pack, and
the plans first."
at n igh t every day they need some they were tested bear dogs, every
Bradney stirred a little uneasily.
rest and sleep and cannot be at the one. The
bull carp m ight have He saw that the man of action was
court house tw enty-four hours.
roamed the a lfa lfa to thlg day. an looking to him for guidance. The
As for the Hermiston man who
embittered and dangerous outlaw , more ardently Brndney desired to pull
died In the Jail w ill say it is my
had he but avoided running water. down Paul liaxon, the more dlftici.lt
the task seemed. This move of the
firm conviction that he would have
However, w hile crossing an Irriga- financier to Great Rock had nullified
died Just the same If there had been
. . . .
tlon ditch by means of a footing most of the laborious details garnered
a dozen deputies there and all the thp rtdf)ubtable
fe„ in and wa8
by Peter Mllman concerning tlie va
dorters In U m atilla county for that
drowned, to the high satisfaction of ented home in Short HlUt. In New
m atter. I am satisfied that he took]
I the alfalfa growers.
Jersey (lie domestic arrangements had
the poison before he entered the
been on a simple plan und the serv
Thig
b1
Senator
Stetw
er’s
story
jail. He made the remark that he
and he w ill stick to it. But w e pro- ants few. In the Long Island man
was sick when he first entered, but
sion much greater style wus kept up.
th„ prisoners thought that a common
Bs“ ln8t “ "" weak and ,nade- There were extensive grounds und
expresslon ns nearly all make th e , f", , t * - * nd d,crP’>,t- t ° ° _ J u e t as, many outdoor servants.
same remark on entering. He w n s! we protPBt aKalnst the ">•»‘’’»•’’1»»
“I'm afraid you must not look for
put ia Jail a little after eleven P. M. Iea try ’ and
o n ""” i,ar
»rounds much help from me," Bradney said.
and made no disturbance until about ‘ Wh' n plaln Mr 8 t*>lwer ',ou* ht th e { "Mili.ian lias assured me absolutely
tw o o’clock A. M. According to th. , vot# of ' h,R ',,ectorat’ - * hlrh “ «I I lull It Is to ltnxon I owe my downfall.
testln x n y of the physician at the in- -'b req u en lly
received.
he
said, He I n i s liter .lly rt den my existence.
quest a man m ight take poison and '"’th ,n *
about ‘he Her...-! Yours, too. and (»• nr Malet's also. If
I had accepted a bribe disguised ns a
live th irty-six hours and for several i!,lon rarp’ and W,M,y’ t0° ’
h e i usual form of <i._iuiis»l(tn. I should
hours after taking it show no s ig n s ’ waa not ,n P°*w®88l°u of the cold, probably have l>-en wliat tlie world
¡facts. The truth is that the etory is terms a great ii.ua today. If you lied
or bad effect.
I verily believe this man took the a l‘ rl« ht as far a . It goes. The big not beeu afraid your aged unlit would
poison before leaving his home and bull carp did devastate the alfalfa. ; see you In an ultereatlou concerning
by th,, tim e he began to complain it It la of record that he fought and | a roof-garden actress, you would not
And the vrry have beeu disgraced. Hud Malet pus
was too late to have saved him as whipped the pack.
»eased a less generous nature, lie
the poison had gone through
his footlog on which the fish crossed 1 would have been tslked of In a breath
the deep, treacherous ditch may be
system.
with Rodin.
Raxon. Raxon every
Now Joe, 1 wanted you to know Hoen to thla day’ Th« P°‘nt
tk * where. Let me t e l l you I’m Just a»
these things as I do not believe you farp *ot a( r0"a safe,y •««««>»- H * 1 ready to go the limit ns you are. As
wish to do me an Injustice or reflect " M not drowned' A far d‘fferent, a matter of simple fact, we were look
any discredit o„ thia office when we nwr® / ‘’ mal «nd Ironic fate awaited Ing to you lo make I lie first concrete
him. The dew being quit,, heavy that i Miggeetlmi."
are tryin g to do our best.
evening, It follow ed that the alfalfa
"Thai scoundrel I Ip psky drove e v e rt
Yours truly,
It, and Idea from my lii.inl,” Iturnes con
R. T. Cookingham, Sheriff. fairly was drenched with
P. 8 .— I forgot to add that the frtMn th ‘8 e »poaure “ >• fl,h
« » - | r e s e e d , " b i l l we have plen ty o f lim e.
He stopiied short as his daiicblei
Janitor Is a special deputy and lives tracted • W ™ * co,d of ">»»«* * • '
earoe In with Floytl Malet. Whm i.
In the court house a . has been the "'■b« ”Uiently perished, alone and
beauty she was, lie I hough! affection
uneared for. It were quite aa w e ll,
custom for years.
ately, and how glacefully »lie cairiel
for the senator, when he tells th is ;
herself.
Breeding in every line ol
tale hereafter, to stick by the text her I Then the thought of his tinan
WHOSE SHIRT!
and not rely on hearsay.
elal Inadequacies came to him like s
dell |»aIn. What had he to offer'.
Thia issue or the Herald contains
Nothing
A few months’ respite and
the lett»r w ritten by R, T. Cooking- Tss Refund Claims Near tsttlsm ant a new life would offer Itself. What
ham. sh eriff. In reply to the editorial
W a s h in g to n , D. C.—Claims totaling
would that be? He did not like t<
carried last week. "It Happened In «4.027.29« 4( already have been cert I thlak. To live for the day was s
1927" In which he disclaim s respon fled for payment to 17 conatlea la Ore Barnes motto. He ho,ted l*eter Mil
sib ility for the condition that pre-i goo. and Clark connty in Washington man had. Indeed, some definite work
vails la reaped to a lark of a night under the Oregon * California land Ing plan. If It were only a matter ot
Jailer. The official also takes sx- ; grant tax refund act by l he secretary wading through the Raxon men serv
ceptlon to other statem ents mads In of Interior. The only claim not yet ants and beating their blaster It woald
ha »lnu>te. He bail not In his pns’
the editorial.
approved la that of Clapkamss rnqpty been noted for subtleties, and labor!
A> to th ese exceptions which the for »52.081 1».
91p irrmiaton WrraH»
^RECLUSE
yriFTH
7 AVENUE
B/WYNDHAM MARTYN
W.N-U SERVICE
“No, tfflta; Tt is m work for women." NOTICE OF HEARING UPON FINAL
“You mean there's danger In It?”
REPORT
He was afraid to say too much. He
dreaded ts tie entrapped by her seem In the County Court of the State of
ingly innocent questions.
He knew
Oregon for Umatilla County.
she was mentally much quicker than
he. The Fessendons again.
In the Matter of the Estate
“It’s not my secret,” he returned,
of
“and 1 ought not to say any more. I Joseph
Craik, Deceased.
can only assure yon tliat Malet and
Bradney are splendid fellows, both far
N otice Is hereby given that the
superior to me. Very high types. They undersigned administrator of the
believe that what we intend to do Is estate of Joseph W. Craik. deceased,
the only right and logical thing. You has filed his final report with the
must let It go at that.”
Clerk of the above entitled Court and
“And because there’s danger In It
that the Judge of said Court has
you think I’d better keep out of It?”
"Exactly,” he exclaimed, gratified at designated Saturday, the 6th day oi
A ugust, 1927 at 2 o’clock in the af
this attitude of obedience.
"Then it Is dangerous,” she cried. ternoon as the time, and the rooms
Barnes saw he had made a damaging of the above entitled Court in the
admission.
She had trapped him. County Court House at Pendleton,
“Daddy, wliat makes yon think I’m Um atilla County, Oregon as the place
afraid of anything that’s dangerous?” j when and where hearing is to be
, "Oh,. Nlta,” he said reproachfully, had thereon. All person8 lnterest-
i “that's scarcely playing the game to ' ed are hereby notified to then and
'
there appear and show cause, if any
j
they have, why said report should
not be approved, the administrator
[ discharged and the estate closed.
Dated this 7th day of July, 1927.
RAY C. GOODE,
44-5tcv
Administrator.
siow processes »oon wearied him.
Nlta slipiied her arm Into that ot
her tall, htiudsome father.
“Don't look so gluui.” she chided
She w ss In very good spirits.
Tlir
shock of the Llppsky episode hud heei
forgotten when she entered this uniqu»
home. She could associate ueithei
failure nor poverty with any of tht
men beneath Its roof. She was curious
to know what had brought M em to
gether here. It was difficult to con
ceive of her father as a successful
business man. Lady Horsham had
oftenmdeelared few men had been of
fered such opportunities und made lesi-
of them than Neelund Barnes.
By adroit questioning of the foui
she leu med their secret. They were
engaged in promoting a company to
operate in the Torrance oil field in
south California.
“How Interesting!" she cried. “A>
It happens, I know a lot about oil
companies and their way of doing
business. You see, my last position li
London wus as secretary to Sir Join.
Crowhurst, chairman of the Persian
Bagdad Oilfields, Limited.”
“You?” cried her astonished father
and then suddenly remembered thc
thousunds of words she could take a
minute.
“Yes. Me. Really It was tremen
dous luck, but I wns the only girl in
the business school that sent me there
who could write ns well In French a.-
in English. We had a great many
stockholders In Baris. It was rather
“Wliat Sort of a Comeback?”
Jolly being his secretary. Sir John
was one of those quiet, clever men. drag Information from me which Is
like Mr. Mllman, who deal in millions nut mine to give. You are deliberate
I may look like you, daddy, but I’ve ly trying to make me betray my
the business brains of my mother’s frien ds.”
people. Let me do your correspond
He Imd risen to his feet. She could
ence for you."
see lie was not pleased with her.
"Later, I see we shall have to taki
“Indeed. I’m not,” she said earnest
you Into our confidence,” Mr. Mllman ly. “Daddy. I came over here because
said, smiling. “At present we do not something'told me you needed looking
want anything known.
You under after. It Isn't that I’m trying to make
stand the need for caution?”
you betray your friends. I want to
“Oh, rather,” said the former sec
be sure that they are being honest
retary of Sir John Crowhurst. “ I l
•vltli you.”
was because of an overheard conver
”1 have never met sqnarer men,” he
satfon that we lost the Bogotan fields, answered.
which are tremendously valuable.'
“Tlien Pin on their side, too. My
But she did not leave the subject. To father and his friends, right or wrong.”
the four men she seemed an eager,
Barnes did not know what to say
pretty girl who had been by accident But a daughter of ids could not be as
near enough to oil to catch a little of soeiated with anything irregular. He
Its Idiom. They were in love with liei shook his head.
when she hade them good night.
“ I cannot accept y o u r assistance,”
“Well," said Bradney when she hud he told her.
gone, “for Rmateurs you did prftty
“Very well. I shall tell Mr. Mllman
well. I envied you your (lights ol I ant leaving after luncheon tomorrow.
fancy.”
I came over here equipped, specially
“A woman has not dined In this equipped, for n certain sort of post
house for over ten years," said Petet tion. and I’m going to get it.”
Mllman. “I might have had a dnugli
"Skilled secretarial workers and
ter of her age now. Barnes, there If
another reason for our need to auc stenographers are drugs in the tnur-
ket,” he assured her.
cecd. She must nnirry well."
“I am not going to he a stenogra
Uneasily Barnes thought of the pos
pher,”
she retorted. “I did that to
sihlllty of his daughter having for a
father one who wore stripes it Ills earn money to come here. 1 shnil take
tlie other position, so you won’t havp
state's expense.
“Yes,” t« agreed
to live on a stranger's charity."
soberly.
"That Is a hard thing to say,"-he
When he had lighted a cigarette
and was sitting In a hlg chair in the answered, flushing; “and it’s not alto
getlisr true. Mr. Milnian sought me
girl's room, he thought there would
lie many to offer themselves. She had out because he thought I was able to
help him. I am not living on charity.'
her mother's slim figure and unforget
“Wliat Is It you are trying to do?"
able eyes added to the vivacity and
she asked.
cheerfulness of the women of his own
“You must not expect me to tell
family.
you. My dear, don’t be hasty and
"Whnt Innocent plotters you all
leave us y e t Promise me that?”
were!" She laughed. “Did any ot
She kissed him good night.
you really think you were deceiving
“I won't go yet,” she said. “I can't
me? Poor old dear, you don't know lose you as quickly as that."
even the n b c of the thing.
I've
When she was alone her face took
been living In an atmosphere of petrol
on a worried aspect. She had suf
—or gasoline, as you call It here—for
fered many things In order to be with
half a year. It fills the air in Europe.
him, and she determined to find out
People like Sir John Crosdmrst, who
what the mystery was that enveloped
are tlie hends off oil companies, have
this strange household. Although ¡the
political afiilliitlons everywhere. How
wns not yet twenty-two, she had trav
do I know? I wrote all Sir John's
eled widely nisd met Iiyuimerahle peo
tirivnte letters, of which he kept the
ple. In Milnian and Ids associates
carbon copies locked up I d his safe
she recognized men of charm and cul
I grew to know as much as an out
ture who had made her father their
alder could. That’s why It amused me
firm admirer. And they were all bold
to hear you four prnttling away like
ing back from her any mention of
mechanics talking weights and hand!-
their real venture. In order to de
aps to a steward «t the Jockey club."
ceive her they had clumsily Invented
“My denr Nlta,” he said, “was It
nnd acted a falsehood. It could only
fair to keep pumping os?"
"Why not? I was qgytaln you knew be because they were plotting some
thing of an illegal nature.
nothing about oil, and I wanted to I
make sure the rest didn't The only J They had played on her father's
thing I could assume wns that they > emotions and earned his gratitude nnd
were trying to swindle you. It was co-operation by a few hundred dol
horrid to Imagine poor Mr. Milnian j lars. For so small a thing it had. been
possible lo enlist his sympathy nnd
us a swindler."
“Most emphatically he Is not,” her ! aid. They had been clever enough to
create the illusion that she wns wel
father exclaimed.
come when In truth they might be eni I-
"Then whnt about the others?”
Neeland Barnes groaned.
It was | harrassed by her presence and alrpailv
going lo be very difficult ts put Nlta planning to get rid of her. She decld
ed she would not be driven o u t Her
off tlie scent. She w ss half Fessen
don, and the Fessendons Invariably I father needed ills daughter even if he
sot c-'-at they went after. Pertinacity i did not yet know It. The thought that
v 'is ilielrs In a large measure. The , three dangerous men might be plot
Id. c of Imagining Brndney and Male:' ting some crime for which N’eelsn I
trying lo swindle him brought a smile Raroes would nltlmately bear the
(o l : :
es’ face. Literally, he had not \ blame drove her to action.
Her room was at the rear of the
one ii t In the world.
hdUse Four Iron bars protected Its
•’ N i l a , " he began earnestly. “1 put
windows. Almost five feet below she
mu on vonr honor not to repeat whal •
could see tlie Iron grating which
1 mil going to tell you to anyone on
roofed In the Japanese garden. When
any pretext whatsoever."
she leaned down from her open win
“All right,” she said. “Agreed. Go
dow she could hear, faintly, th* sound
on.”
of voices.
“I have not a nickel In »he world
It was «hoot her they were speak
Bradney and Malet have a hundred ;
ing. Baines had come from her room
dollars apiece, maybe a little more
with th e . disquieting information that
Peter Mllman will have to sell this
their talk on oil had amused her very
house and Its contents In three
much. The news had been a blow.
months' time. AH his money was tied :
“Miss Barnes gives me the iraprc*.
up In International Motors. We ar>; ;
«Ion of being a very shrewd young
four gentlemen from the churns of any
lady.” Malet said, "and one not easily
beggar»' opera. It's true we aren't ’
deceived. Yon all know th at when
here on any oil promotion business
hut we have come together for a very once we start. It will be almost Im
serious business. We are trying 1« possible to keep one who Is already »
little suspicions in ignorance.”
stage » come-back.'*
“Yes," said Bradney, “I am afraid
Nits was silent for a moment It
she cannot stay here."
wns no) vaay to readjust herself.
"Her godmother lives In Philadel
"What sort of a come-back t ’
phia,” said Barnes. “She can't refttw
Her father hesitated a moment
“I don’t think you’d understand.' (
(T o be continued )
T a n I help yog?”
ous.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of th s Interior, U. 8.
Land Office at The Dalles, Oregon,
June 17, 1927.
Notice is hereby given ahat John
B. Mason, of Hermiston, Oregon, who,
on Jan. 29, 1924, made Homestead
Entry under Act June 6, 1912, No.
024549. for N W *4 Section 20, Town
ship 4 North, Range 29 East, W iliam ,
ette Meridian, has filed notice of in
tention to make final Proof, to es
tablish claim to the land above des
cribed, before W. .J. Warner, United
'tates Commissioner, at Hermiston
Oregon, on the 6th day of A vgu t
1927.
Claim ant names a , wit tss s
’ames G. Pearson, of P e r n ’i t n, Ore
¿on, Jacob L. Stork, of Hermiston,
Oregon, Charles E. Lewis, of Stan
field, Oregon, Howard Avery, of Her
miston, Oregon.
J. W. DONNELLY, •
Register.
ADVERTISE YOUR POULTRY
Testing Times
N a levee a t a bend in the Mississippi a
men were building with sand-bags
O a thousand
second-line defense against rising waters which
threatened hundreds of miles of fertile cropland.
Over a telephone, housed in a wooden box nailed
to a tree, an engineer was talking to headquarters^
reporting on the progress of the work., asking for
reinforcements and additional material, receiv
ing W eathef Bureau forecasts which would be
vitallv important to him in planning the strategy
of thia grim battle for lives and property.
The telephone had been put in service b u t a few
minutes before, after a construction crew had
worked from sunrise to sunset, often waist-deep in
swamp water, to string fifteen miles of line to this
isolated outpost.
Such is telephone service in an emergency—serv
ice in which telephone men and women do very-
much the same things they do every day of their
lives, but do them under conditions th at give vivid
emphasis to the import of their efficiency, devo
tion, and fidelity to public interests.
In such crises, when even the most commonplace
of calls may become a m atter of life or death, the
public realizes its day-by-day dependence upon
the telephone and upon the men and women who
make of it an instrumentality of human service.
T he P acific T elephone A nd T elegraph C ompì
BELL SYSTEM
One Policy - One System - Universal Service
MILLION ACRES OF RICH MONTAN«
LAND OPENED BY NEW RAILROAD
/"rum a photograph
of farm in Rtéualtr
Valley
Prices of Best Land
only $10 to $20 an Acre
NE million acres of rich, low
O
priced land in the great Red
water Valley country of Southeast
ern Montana will be opened to
fanners this year by a new branch
line of the Northern Pacific Rail
way, running 63 miles fromGlcndive.
Here the Northern Pacific will sell
direct to fanners a half million acres
at prices ranging from only $10 to
$20 an acre, with 20 years to pay.
Taxes are extremely low. Special
advantages are available to neigh
bors and colonies desiring to settle
together.
M ixed farm in g is successful
throughout this area. Com has in
creased by hundreds of thousands of
acres in the last few years in South
eastern Montana. Hog production
has grown rapidly. All classes of
livestock are raised. The dairy in
dustry is getting a good start.
Communities already are estab-
tislied. Churches have been built.
Schools are open. Rapid develop
ment will come with the new rail
road. Markets will be closer. More
farmers will come in. Land values
will increase.
The Northern Pacific Railway
will help farmers in getting started
right. Settlers are wanted who seek
a real chance for themselves and
their families. The Northern Pa
cific will send a representative to
talk the matter over, if desired. In
vestigate this opportunity. Let us
send you booklets, prices and easy
payment plan. All sent free.
MAIL THIS COUPON TODAY!
J. M. Hughes, Land Com.
Northern Pacific Railway Co.,
St. Paul, Minn. Drawer its
W ith o u t obligation on m v p?»rt nlrane
•end all inform ation about Redw ater
V a lley C o untry.
Staton
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