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THE HERMISTOH HERALD, HERMISTON, OKEtiOX.
SATURDAY SPECIALS
FOR SATURDAY ONLY
WE are »till se llin g e v ery d a y —
P eas, B eans, Corn an d T o m a to es, a t ......................... 15c
These are fresh goods just received
TRY OUR HOSTESS CAKES
We guarantee them to please you
OUR COFFEE AT 35 AND 40c
Is going over big. We get it fresh roasted and
grind it to suit you when you want it. Why pay for
tin?
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F. B. Swayze Is in Portland on
business mission.
Rev. A. J. Ware has been In Port­
"It looks to me as If the turkey
land several days to attend a state
committee meeting of the Baptist growers up here have done pretty ■
well this year.” was the comment j
church.
yesterday of Charles Olasgow who
with J. L. Graybeal was a visitor In
A business meeting of the Bap-
Hermiston rom Irrigon. “We started
i tist Ladies Aid society will be held
work on our gymnasium and expect
Wednesday afternoon, February 8,
to push it right along. We are ua-'
iu the church basement.
lng donation labor on the excavat-1
lng.”
Mr. and Mrs. Pearson of Lena are
here as guests at the home of their
Charles McElroy, former project
son. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Pearson
resident, ig a patient In a La Grande
The Pearsons are on the place for­
hospital on account of a dislocated
merly farmed by Harry Watson.
shoulder and a fractured shoulder
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KINGSLEY’S
Mrs. Charles Cook Is confined to
her bed on account of Illness.
Occutme«« a t latarw t Cl—nM ¡ _
There About the City and
Nelahhorhood
Napthx.Spap Chips, large package............... ....................... ......... Sie
“Jias: Itajf” Laundry Soap. 22 bars f< i .. .
....... $1 o s
"tVhctena” Cereal, two packages..................
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Dr. M. S. Kern was here Tues­
day on a business mission.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
■ BREVITIES ■
Mr. and Mrs. Oral Henriksen have
moved onto the place south of town
formerly owned by S. E. Starr which
they recently acquired by a trade.
They came from La Grande.
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WE WANT
YOUR CREAN
OF GOOD POULTRY HOUSE FIXTURES
SIGNED BY SFF.CTAT.IST S.
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. McKenzie en­ SUPT. YEAGER TO SPEAK
tertained at dinner parties last Satur­
TO HERMISTON P. T. A.
day and again on Tuesday evening.
Covers for twelve guests were laid
J. A. Yeager, county gchool super­
each evening, and after dinner bridge
intendent, will be the chief speaker
was enjoyed.
at the next session of the Parent-
B. 8. Kingsley wa8 called to White Teacher association. The meeting
■ ¡Salmon, Washington, the first of the will be held at 3 o’clock In the htghj
week. Fire in a store adjoining his school, Thursday. February 9.
"Supt. Yeager’s talk will be of par-'
■ store there did some damage to his
■ stock, and he went down to secure tlcular interest to those from the
rural districts,” J. H. Reid, presi-j
■ an adjustment on his loss.
dent, said, “and we wish particular­
Mrs. F. C. McKenzie was hostess at ly to have parents of school child­
¡a luncheon and bridge party last ren who live In the country to hear
■ Thursday afternoon. Covers were Mr. Yeager's talk.”
Bl laid for 12 for the luncheon. Prize
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Bl winners at bridge were Mrs. H. T. CamouHa^a c f H 'g'i
Fraser and Mrs. H. E. Hitt.
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Do
You
Know?
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THEY ARE POPULAR WITH THE
THE BABY CHICK WILL SOON BE HERE-
MADE
WE HAVE EVERY
THING FOR HIS HEALTH AND COMFORT;
ALSO
UNTED
STATES POULTRY FENCE TO KEEP HIM AT H0MTE.
Oregon Hdwe. & Implt. Co.
GOOD EQUIPMENT MAKES A GOOD FARMER BETTER
If you Want a Good Cup of Coffee
these Winter Mornings
We would suggest you try a can of Chase &
Sanborn’s Seal
Brand.
This coffee is well established and the annual sale» of teas and
coffees during 1927 of these reliable brands was 466 carloads.
REMEMBER THE BRAND—
None Better, Few az Good.
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CHASE & SANBORN SEAL BRAND COFFEE
ORANGE PEKOE TEA_____________________
Hermiston Produce and Supply
Company
DISTRIBUTORS
COAL
Hermiston Creamery Co.
M rs . H o u s e w ife
BEEN
AND DEPENDABLE IN EVERY WAY.
Ord37 Saved Conde-
Extraordinary tales of adventure
C. M. Jump, manager of the Stan­
death nnd escape from tiie French
field project, was a visitor In Hermis­
islands of exile off the Guiana coast
ton today. He w ill be the leader of are told by Blair Niles, the first wom­
club
work
on
the
Stanfield
project
When yon sell your cream to us y m not only help us hut
an to visit the prison islands.
this year and is making plans for
“There was, for example,” she writes,
selves as well because ours is a home indutry and as wo grow
the organization meeting to be held “the convict stationed on one of the
our strength means a stronger and better project.
Devil’s island group, who, some
there Saturday night.
months ago was missing at the five
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o’clock roll call. At that hour the
B Special services In Hermiston will
B be held Tuesday evening, February keepers are busy rounding up the
I 7, by the Salvation army. The ser­ men and locking the correct number ,
into each dormitory for the night. '
A. M. SUNSTRUP
vices are to start at 7:30 In the free Number X was missing; he failed to I
Methodist mission. Captain Eggert answer to his name. Search was made'
B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B M B O of Pendleton will be In charge of thie
of the three Island». It revealed noth- ,
. eeting.
lng. The sun was sinking; In n few '
moments the tropical night would fall, |
Miss Dorothy Hitt entertined the The cnnoenien were coinmnuded to ;
„leathers of the L. S. C. club with launch the boats; far, far out a speck
a delightful dinner party last Sat­ was seen ou the deserted ocean. The
urday night. Those present were: prison authorities focused their glasses
. If you are not now taking the Hermiston Herald because you
Misses
Ruth and Elba Hamrick, Anna But they saw only a dark mass on the
think you can’t afford It and depend on borrowing a copy from
Gaither and Ruth Bensel. After surface and above It the great spread­
a friend to read the home news, just stop and igure the savings
ing horns of one of the water buffalo
I supper a business meeting of the L. which the administration Imports from
you can make In course of a year by having the paper regularly
Is. C. was held.
French Indo-China. Only a dead wu-
and taking advantage of the bargains that merchants are offer-
ter buffalo floating out to sea. They
turns to you in savings made by direction is $2.00 a year. The re-
Charley McElroy and his m otj i revoked the order to the canoemen.
evory week. The price of a subscripted buying of advertised bar­
left last Friday for their ue v h> me Anyway, darkness bad suddenly shut
gains may be only $10.00, or they may be $50.00 a year. In either
near Wallowa. They made the trip down.
case, a subscription Is a dandy Investment,
“But the prisoners knew that the
with R. E. McFalls In hie car. Carl
Calkins went up with their car of dead water buffalo wag one of their
livestock which was shipped Thurs­ comrades, his body bound to a plank
and covered with banana leaves, while
day.
Mr. Calkins returned home with arms and legs he swam desper­
with Mr. McFalls Monday.
ately. The buffalo home—didn’t •
buffalo die on the islands only last
The Women's auxiliary of the week? The horns were the escaping
Farm Bureau will meet Friday after­ convict's camoullage.”—From the Fo­
noon at 2 o’clock. The session w ill rum.
be a social one and will take the form
of a hard times party. Members have Mail Service Older
been requested to bring a hard times
Than Christian Era
gift package, and the lunch will also
Communications were sent from
carry out the hard times Idea.
town to town by more or less regular
A welcome to the project was ex­ service In the reign of Cyrus, the
greut Persian eonqaerer, 600 years be­
tended Mr. and Mrs. Tony Sherrod fore the Christian era. Four centuries
by a large group of their neighbors later Queen Jezebel wrote letters and
when an infornal party and recep­ sent them throughout the Jewish king­
tion was held in their honor Mon dom, to which she affixed the name
day night at Mlnehahaha school of King Ahab, and sealed them with
house. They recently arrived here the king's seal. In the Book of Esther
from Wallowa after an exchange of mention Is mode of sending letters by
port throughout the royal provinces.
property with the McElroys.
About the beginning of the First cen­
tury Augustus, the great Roman em
Union services at the Baptist peror, established a system of com­
church Sunday, February 5. Bible munication throughout the empire.
school 10 A. M. Morning worship Marco Polo, the Venetian traveler, re­
11 A. M. Theme. The Upper Room. ported that as long ago as 1280 China
Special music. Solo, Miss Sansted. had no less than 10,000 post stations.
The Lord's supper. Evening services: The term post us applied to a sys­
Young people's meeting 6:30 P. M. tem of mail transportation had Its
Preaehln"; 7:30 P. M. Theme, Physi­ origin in France In the Sixteenth cen­
cal Bks'-’ng and Religious Duty. tury, where a general system of com­
munication was set up by the govern­
Special music. A cordial welcome to
ment—Detroit Ney- a.
all. A. J. Ware, pastor.
HAVE
PRACTICAL POULTRY RAISER, THOROUGHLY WELL
blade, according to Information re­
ceived by friends here. The injury
was sustained before Mr. McElroy
and his mother left Hermiston last
week, but he did not realize then
the extent of his injuries.
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If You’re Looking
For Success
One of the surest means to take is to milk cows.
MOE’S UNE
It would be be well to put in your supply of coal now
For two years coal has been easy to get throughout the w inter
months but it is not always easy to get all you want in December
and January
This may be the year th a t yon will wish you had your bin full
FILL IT NOW
Coal will not be cheaper and maybe higher
The Tum-A-Lum handles the best and cleanest coal
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co.
H. A. BR0WNS0N, Mgr.
How easy it is to install j
Concealed Ironing Board ;
No cutting out
No plaster to knock off
Fastens to wall with 6 screws
Seven inches up from floor
Folds up in a cabinet 1 1 -2 in
thick
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A ll hardware furnished and put
on
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Inland Empire Lumber Company
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“ TW Yards! Best QssUty ”
M. M. STRAW . MGR.
[Esclusive Representatives sf Nati mal Builders Bureau
At the 'Jfthodlst church— Sunday
school at 10 A. M. Morning service
r* 11. The sermon subject will be,
“Nothing But Leaves.” Good singing.
Come and join the mixed choir.
Young peoples meeting at S:30. AU
young people are welcome. They are
■ studying “The Christ of the Indian
Road.” You will enjoy It. Evening
service at 7:30. Subject. "Selling the
Birthright." S, Hamrick, pastor.
Their Work Never Done
There are 30 men working In Paris
who never can hope to get their work
done. They are painters who hoist
their scaffolds to the top of the Eiffel
Tower nod. working downward, paint
eocli stmt and girder until finally
they reach the ground. This opera
tlon takes 12 mouths and then they
must at once take their scaffold to
the top and begin anew.
HAVE YOU TRIED
Our Home Rendered Lard?
ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR
DON’T FORGET WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF
CHOICE MEATS, FRESH AND CURED
Champion* ot Males
Milk and Cream
George Washingtoa andjlenry Cla?
were the foremost champions of thi
American mule. The greatest trou
hie with the animals since Is thcli
owners.—American Magazine.
At Henriksen, father of Oral and
who recently
E. Starr ranch
south of town, was here yesterday.
• " W e expect to get away from wheat
Look Forward
farming and bark Into the sheep and
The man who continuously looks
■ cattle buainees just a< fast as we
backward doesn't make much progress.
B je u a ,” said he.
"Our plans are to
Aa the saying goes, “he lives In the
stock this ranch here with purebred
“ not even In the present. So far
Henriksen
■ Clifford
■ traded for tbs 9.
— READ THE WANT ADS—
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B sheep as soon aa we caa sat arouad aa the future Is concerned “he’s a dead
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