THE H
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Sony
tSTOH HSAJXD. HEHMISTOIT, OBSGOM.
Popular Among
Matter of Accuracy
Rover» of Caribbean
of Greatest Import
HERMISTON
The tea-song of the pirates with Its '
I do not know that there la any-
weird refrain of "Fifteen tuen on the ' thing, except It be humility, which Is
dead man's chest” w hich Robert Louis | so valuable as an incident of educa
Stevensop Introduces luto his famous tion as accuracy. And accuracy can
Principal Events of the Week book
"Treasure Island" is In part at
be taught. Direct lies told to the
least authentic and was sung by the world are us dust io the balance when
Assembled for Information
pirates and buccaneers who roved the weighed against the falsehoods of In
Qaribbean sea in the lute Seventeenth accuracy. These are the fatal things.
of Our Readers.
and early Eighteenth centuries. Dead And they are all pervading. I scarce
can be avoided if the proper grade
Man's Chest was un Island of the Vir ly care what Is taught to the young
The Grangers of Oregon took in M i l gin group, which has been christened
of gasoline and oils are used in your
If it will but implant in them the habit
motor. Don’t use inferior grades
new members the past year, but lost “Dead Chest Island,*’ thereby losing of accuracy.
as they soon ruin the heart of
118 by death. 18« by demit and 1487 by much of Its piratical flavor. To this
Now, look at the matter In this
your aui omobile. You get
non-payment of dues.
Island the pirates used to repair, to light. Take the speech of any man
careen their ships, stretch their legs
for any given day. For once that he
Killing of a cougar just as It sprang
when yc i use he gasoljne, oil and
drink rum, sing their buccaneering wilfully gives a wrong color (with an
on the back of a deer Is reported by
greases recommended by us, as
songs and muke merry after their eye to his own interests) to anything
J. A. Walsh, of Marshfield, Coos coun own fashion. Curiously enough there
we sta-.d track of merchandise-
which
he
states
or
narrates,
be
mis-
I
Let us serve i ou.
ty district fire warden.
Is a little church on the Chilean coast takes or misdescribes 20 times, on ac- !
A new bridge has been completed which Is obviously built of ship’s lira- I count of bis Inability to tell anything I
* S E R V !C C
across Deep creek at Sandy ridge by bers. Recently a traveler of an In- 1 accurately.
W ITH 4
the county bridge force. The struc qulring mind, reasoning that if the
Besides, there Is this Important re- |
church were built of ship's timbers, suit from a habit of accuracy, that It
ture Is called Boltano bridge.
the bell would also come from a ship, J
Twelve cars of celery have gone out ' determined to Investigate. A climb produces truthfulness even on those
occasions where a man would be !
of Qulnaby since the beginning of the among the rafters did not reveal the tempted to be untruthful. He grad- j
season In June and two other cars name of the ship, as lie had hoped, but ually gets to love accuracy more even
around the edge of the bell were in than his own interests; at last be lias
are loading for eastern points.
F R A N K L :T « .£
scribed the words: “Fifteen men on a passion for accuracy.—Arthur Helps.
P R O P flic io a
Fire in the business section of North the dead man's chest.” All that the
Powder caused estimated loss of 84000. - clergyman knew was that the church
It partly destroyed a brick building bell came from a ship that was
occupied by a restaurant and shoe wrecked In 1722, which was Just the
shop.
time when the West Indies were get
ting hot for pirates, and many were
Kitchener Island Is a real lotus Is- '
Governor Patterson appointed Don
being driven into the Pacific.
land of tropical beauty In the middle
ald 8. Riches Justice of the peace of
of the great ftlver Nile, not far from
the Turner district in Marion county, !
the great caturact.
to succeed H. L. Earl, who died re
When Lord Kitchener lived near As
cently.
souan, he loved to leave the haunts
Pioneer history of Oregon and the
of mer and steal quietly In a small I
Many countries hold odd ceremouiea
boat to this Island, which he made Ids
northwest was linked with the life of
to end drought. The Chinese take
Josephus Thompkins, 90, who died at their dragon god around In a proces i own. It was entirely uninhabited and
the home of his son on Grand Island sion, and beat him soundly when he was a perfect wilderness when he
took It over, but he brought to It trop- w ere p a ten t-x l. T h e p a te n t has lo ng
last week.
Ignores their prayers for rain. The j leal Indian trees and planted there tig since e x p ire d , b u t th e sales increase
Bantus
of
Delagoa
bay
sing
songs
at
Lewis O. Leach, 88, was killed in the
and banana trees and made beautiful each year.
Connie Dye camp on the Netarts road their drled-up wells and make moth | and picturesque palm groves with M ade o f ea'.ra h e a v y 9 ou nce In d i
ers who have twins curry the children
go-dyed De.dm , c u t fu ll an d ro o m y ,
in Tillamook county when a log fell
seats made from palm leaves.
fitted a t th e w aist lik e ta ilo r-m a d e
around the parched Helds. In Greece
In the center of the Island he built pants, w ith belt loops fo r added con
on him as he was at work bucking they send children marching round all
a small kiosk for himself, and resting venience.
logs in the camp.
C o p p e r riv e te d a t a ll
the wells and springs,, under the lead
there, away from the busy town, he strain po ints, p le n ty o f big, H o rn y
Thrown out of his wagon, which was ershlp of a girl adorned with flowers,
could see the stately white-sailed fe pockets. Sewed w ith special th re a d ,
plied into the ditch by a car, W . J. who sings at each halting place. The
luccas wending their way through the end bu tto ns r iv e te d on to stay on.
same
custom
prevails
iu
Yugoslavia,
Stowe of Eugene suffered a fractured
various Islets and could hear the Nu Insist on g e ttin g the m ake yo u can
skull and six broken ribs when kick- i where a little girl called the Dodota bian boatmen chanting as they snlled alw ays depend on fo r e v e ry th in g
is clothed from hend to foot In giuss
ed by his horses.
along. In the distance he could also th a t spells o v e r a l l satisfaction,
and flowers, and lends her compan
c o m f o r t , f i t a n d lo n g e s t
UmatlUa county business men and ions through their native village, slop hear the peculiar droning of the wa w e a r .
ter
wheels
and
the
hum
of
Innumer
L o o k for this Trade Make
farmer« are urging the acquisition of ping at each house, so that the house
a tract of land by the county court In wife may pour a pall of water over able Insects.—Weekly Scotsman.
the immediate future for crop rota her, and singing the good news that
the rain has come, even though It is
tion experiment purposes.
Surely Kitchen Treasure
i usually far away.
W. W. Rankin, 84, county road su- j
A lady was many weeks wlthnnt
pervlsor, was killed and L. J. Casey
Rem em ber thia Guarantee
finding a cook. In despair she at last
and son Leslie were Injured when a
answered an advertisement In an Irish A New Pair FREE if They Rip
“Traveling Stones”
Made by Levi Strauss & C o. Sen Fraud,co
touring car driven by Rankin left the
"Traveling stones,” from the size of paper. She hud a reply and appoint
a n
A b o m akers o f T w o-H orse Brand
grade at Rocky hill, near Butte Falls. a pea to 8 Inches In diameter, are ed an Interview, defraying the wom
an’s
fare
over.
Bib
O
veralls
for
Men
and
Boys.
C. L. Barrett of Bend has paid John found In Neruda. When distributed
Reliable Merchandise Since 1853
“Can you cook 7" asked the lady.
Moran of Ash wood 812 tor each of I upon a floor or other level aurluce
“Yes, martn,” was the reply.
within
2
or
3
feet
of
one
another
they
seven sheep he killed when his car
“Do you understand French cook
plunged
a band being driven to | Immediately began to travel onward ing, as my husband likes dainty lltt’e
toward a common center, and there lie
summer range in the Cascade moun
dishes?"
huddled like a clutch of eggs hi u
tains.
“Why, lor, yes, marm,” said the
nest
cook. “I understand all furrln dishes."
Frank Shepherd, 24, who had been
A single stone, removed to a dis
‘‘Really I” cried the Indy, whose de
employed but two weeks, was killed
tance of 3(4 feet, upon being released,
light knew no bounds. "What can you
last week at a Powers logging camp at once started with a wonderful and
do?”
when a sapling sprang back from a somewhat comical celerity to Join Its
“Well, marm, I can cook French
falling tree and struck him In the fellows.
beans, German sausages, Brussels
neck.
These queer stones are found In a sprouts, Jerusalem artichokes, Span
region that Is comparatively level and ish onions, Dutch Cheese."—London
Members of the new Baptist church
little more than bare rock. Scattered Answers.
recently formed at Salem by former
over this barren region are little
members of the First Baptist church,
basins, from a few feet to a rod or
have selected the name “Calvary Bap two In diameter, and It Is In the bot
A ll Potential Cowards
tist" for thler organisation, It was an tom of these that the rolling stones
While I think that the three classes,
nounced.
are found.
cowards, fearless men and courageous
The Bowman-Hlcke Lumber com
The caust for the strange conduct men, embrace all males on this earth,
of these stones la doubtless to be Including the Insane, I do not hold the
pany's sawmill In Wallowa resumed
operations last week, following a 90- found In the material of which they categories Iron-bound. The coward In
ara composed, which appears to be a corner may become brave and run
day shutdown. In addition to the old
lodestone or magnetic Iron ore.
amok. The courageous man Is essen
crew, 40 new men have been placed
tially a coward at heart, and the fear
on the payroll.
less mao may. In a bad enough situa
The fourth annual picnic of the Cove
Natural Query
tion, be either courageous or coward
old folks given by the Woman’s Im
The stroller linppened Io be present ly. Personally. I am a great physical
provement club In Ascension grove
one evening when a young hopeful of coward, but get a quart of hooch In
brought together 70 persons of 60 six years returned home after a hard me and I'll fight a saloonful and have,
YOU ABE OVERLOOKING AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRIGHTEN THE AP
years; the oldest. Mrs. Mary P. Cham day's play and received a quarter left to the best of hazy recollections, at
by
Ills
grandmother,
who
had
called
bers, 86, was guest of hbnor.
tempted It.—G. D. Eaton In Plain
PEARANCE OF YOUR ADVERTISING SPACE IN THE HERALD IF
A state highway department crew is to see him, but who, fearing the night Talk Magazine.
air, as grandmothers do, bad hud to
YOU FAIL TO AVAIL YOURSELF OF OUR SPECIAL CUT SERVICE.
placing a two-inch surface of bitumin
leave before Ills return.
ous macadam on the highway between
THE SER VICE IS EJfcEE 0E CHARGE.
The boy had heard grown persons
Sand Pictures in Bottles
Coquille and Myrtle Point. Fifteen
talk about “when the old lady Is gone
Forming pictures and designs of col
men are at the work, which will oc Junior will gel quite a sum," and al
ored sands on the Interiors of bottles
cupy about three weeks' time.
ways when she came to see him she Is the Interesting art hobby of a Cali
had placed a dime In the chubby fornia man who got the Idea from a
Wheat that yielded 66 bushels to
spendthrift hand.
the acre has just been harvested from
nntural group of “painted rocks." The
He stood with the quarter almost grains are carefully arranged with ape-
a 86-acre field belonging to W. T.
covering his palm, then looking up clnl Instruments to achieve the effect
Crook, nine miles southwest of Mc
with great mysterious eyes, asked In and the bottles are packed full anil
ADVERTISING MAY BE USED AS AN AGENCY OF INFORMING THE
Minnville. The same field In clover
a wed tone*:
sealed so that the sand will no< be
last year brought 9136 per acre.
PUBLIC ABOUT A BUSINESS SO AS TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING
“Is she died?”—Philadelphia Public come loose and spoil the pattern. Fifty-
The warehouse at Fayetteville, be Ledger.
six shades, all of natural colors and of
AND GOOD WILL, OR IT MAY QUOTE PRICES TO STIMULATE BUSI
longing to Shultz Brothers was totally
samples sent to the artist from differ
destroyed by fire, burning not only the
ent parts of the world, are employed In
NESS TODAY. IN EITHER EVENT THE ADVERTISER SPENDS HIS
FVorA of Volta Bureau
grain stored therein be'onging to many
making the designs.— Popular Me
Volta
was
a
famous
French
electrt
MONEY
TO INCREASE HIS VOLUME. THAT MEANS MORE INCOME
chanics Magazine.
of the farmers around Peoria, but a
clan. The Volta prize, created hy Na
lot of machinery was also destroyed.
FOR HIM.
poleon, was conferred hy France u | hmi
Before calling a special election to Dr. Alexandei Graham Bell for the iu
P effer Conduct
again vote on the question of selling
veutlon ol the téléphona. Doctor Bell
Reiter conduct should be the first
ADVERTISING SPACE THAT CARRIES AN ILLUSTRATION UN
the electric light and power and water
took this money, 50,t»si francs, added Ideal of every man and woman; It
systems, the town of Canby has de to It a large rum received from othei Is the most Important aid In living.
DENIABLY MAKES A MORE VIVID APPEAL THAN TYPE ALONE.
electrical experiments, and ftuui led This is true not because better con
cided to employ an engineer to deter
AVAIL YOURSELF OF THIS FREE SERVICE. WE ARE GLAD TO
the Volta bureau, “ lor the Increase duct Is recommended by religion, but
mine the actual value of the property.
and
diffusion
of
kuowledge
relating
I»
because
It
Is
recommended
hy
Nature.
The onion harvest will begin In
EXPLAIN IT.
the deaf.” This bureau prints ami A man who behaves better In bis
about three weeka In the Lablsh Cen
d'strihutes
every
year
hundred*
of
feeding Is rewarded; so la the man
ter district. About 600 acres of beav- i
leaflet» containing helpful Informa
who behaves bettor In associating with
erdam land are devoted to this crop,
lion for the hard of hearing, or foi hla fellows. In his business. In bla
whlcn Is expected to have at least an
the parents of deaf children.
family affairs. Behave better la the
average yield of 10« sacks to the acre. j
one maxim that all should accept as
Work has been started on the three
the greatest In the world.—B. W.
“Chowder” R eally French
Howe's Monthly.
new buildings to be occupied by the
Chowders,
although
considered
FourH clubs of I-ane county at the
American, did not originate In Anier-
county fair grounds in Eugene. The
lea. They are supposed to have been
Valuable H ardwood
cost of the buildings will be low. as
made Brat by the flsher folk of llrlt
Birch Is Canada's most Important
much of the material and labor has tsny. For them, everyone In the vll
hardwood. Of the seven Canadian
been donated
lag* brought their contribution for the species, the yellow hlrcb (Betula lu
Irrigated spring wheat of the feder i dish and «¿hied It to the common cal
tes) and the paper hlrcb (Betula alb»
at ion variety has yielded an average ' dron and the name "chowder" coiner
or paprlfera) are the best known. The
of 68.6 bushels to the acre over a sev - from the name of their caldron, which former Is used for flooring, fumllure,
en year period on the Harney breach i was chaudlere." Our early colonist* cabinet work, and vehicle stock, while
experiment station at Rurna, where | learned this dish from the French and the tough, resinous bark of the latter
so chowders are associated with the has supplied the aborigine« for cen
Irrigation hy rumples lies b.>«n tried
history of New England and are thus turies with the material for covering
extcn'tTclr since j j h .
Jinked with America 1» general.
1 their famous birefc bark canoe*
O NE
Repair Bills
D A
Wednesday, Aug. 29
Mo:or Insurance
iifm w r .
SERVIE
STATION
Kitchener in Retreat
From Official Cares
Odd Forma of Prayer
for Parching Fields
Levi Strauss
Two-Horse Brand
C opper-R iveted
W a ist O v era lls
UMATILLA PROJECT FAIR
Hermiston :: October
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Mr! Advertiser-
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