OTE HEBMXSTOB H E B A auj * OBESQ3T. Q u est COLUMBIA THEATER It was four o'clock of u Munday afternoon. The man, shabby, worn sud-cyed, sat dowu upon a park bench Compassionately, the kind heurted old man watched him. “lie Is Just the sort of a poor, hopeless wretch who might shoot himself In the park.’ thought the kind old gentleman. “I shall watch him carefully,“ was his decision. The shabby man wiped his face care- fully. And then, alas. His liunil went slowly to bis right blp pocket. Tile sympathetic old man sprung up lust in t|me. “Put a wanderer over the fnce of the earth,” murmured the shabby man* brokenly. “A lonely, weary. wun derer.” “How is that 7” asked the old man. tears iu bis eyes. “Eleven years ago today,” continued the shabby man In a dreary monotone, “my wife sent me out with a piece of lace to match to finish making a pres ent, and she told me not to cotne home without It. I am still trying to mutch IL" With a sympathetic look the old gen tleman said nothing, but pulled out seven samples of lace from his own pocket. HERMISTON ,0RE. - ■ . r■ 111 ; t -------- m ." .» ■ 1 t ' ■ T SATURDAY ONLY S “UNDERW O RLD” The Jlcture you’ve been waiting for! The film that critic and public have accllaimed as being in a class by itself. Dramatic. Dynamic. Something new in picturtdom. With OLIVE EBOOK - GEORGE BANCROFT. 1 ONE OF THE BEST GIFTS, FOE YOUR WIFE— A GIFT THAT YOUE WIFE WILL APPRECIATE MORE THAN ANY OTHER YOU MIGHT GIVE HEE. A SAVINGS ACCOUNT WITH A SUBSTANTIAL BAIANCE TO STAET HEE TOWAED SAVING. r SUNDAY “H om esick” A WHIZBANG COMEDY WITH SAMMY COHEN First N ational Bank 1 of Hermiston Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits Over $50,000 T. B. Swayae, Pre». E. Alexander, Vice-President A. H. Norton, Cashier r SPECIAL TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY YOUNG AMERICEA FLIES TO CONQUER IWART ADS 1 FOE SALfc REAL ESTATE EXCHANGES AND INSURANCE. J. M. BIGGS, RE­ ALTOR. 26-tfc — IN— “THE AIR CIRCUS” NOTICE—On account of not being home after Jan. 1, no more cows will be serviced. Roy Hutchinson. 16-2tp Inquire of 12-tfc WANTED— One carload of dressed turkeys to be delivered last part of December a t Hermiston. Will pay FOR SALE—White turkey toms. N. the highest market price. For in­ W. Bloom. 14-4tc formation write to Columbia Val­ ley Produce Company, Kennewick. FOR SALE — Heating stove and Wash. 16-2tp range. H. E. Hanby. 14-tfc A GIGANTIC EPIC OF THE AIR ■with SUE CARROLL LOUISE DRESSER .. _ FOR SALE— Milk cows. Virgil Wagner. FOR SALE OR TRADE for city or ❖ farm property on the Umatilla pro­ ject, 28 acres Just outside of Spo­ * kane on good road, good 7 room ♦ modern home and buildings. W. A. Leathers, Realtor. 14-tfc ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ •> I + a <■ FARM REMINDERS ARTHUR LAKE DAVID ROLLINS Admission 25-50 ■■■■■□ ■ ■■ ■ ■ B ■ ■ B ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■■■■■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A MERRY CHRISTMAS ’ — and— at A HAPPY NEW YEAR « K neer’s R epair Shop » ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■»■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■I CHRISTMAS TO A L Î POINTS IN O W E C O S W A SH IN G TO N ID A H O A N D M O N TA N A AND ' -yr tir .'< ■ - ; •* f t MBCELLANEOU» FOR SALE at a sacrifice, two player pianos belonging to an eastern manufacturer. Can be purchased on low monthly payments. Pen­ dleton Music House. 15-2tc FOR 8ALE— Ground bone for chick­ ens at the Hermiston Meat Market. 14-tfc FOR SALE— Small Fischer piano, $80. Lloyd reed baby carriage, 8. Inquire Mrs. W. W. Felthouse. 14-tc WANTED — Millions of jackrabbit, domestic rabbit and other raw furs. Highest price. Valcauda Fur Co., 2131 Western Av., Seattle. 14-4tp S a le d a te s Dec. 19-25 in c lu s iv e F iiu l return lim it J An. 7th I929 UNIfM m e in F. C. Woughter, Agt. Hermiston, Oregon WANTED-—Young cow, Jersey and Guernsey mixed. Must be a rea­ sonable price. Wm. DeVore, Pen­ dleton, Oregon. Phone 835-J. 15-ltp Hermiston Second Hand Store. Furniture and Hardware Harness. 11-tfc Saddle«, Wagons. FOR RENT—8mall, modern house. $14 to steady renter. Dr. Prime. 12-tfc — READ THE WANT A » — Tufo C lassic C arderia The two most celcbruled wits of the world have each of them left us a par­ ticular picture of a garden; wlierein those great masters. being wholly un confined, and painting at pleasure, may be thought Io have given a full Idea of what they esteemed most ex cellent in this way. These (one may observe) consist entirely of the useful part of horticulture, fruit trees, herbs water, etc. The pieces I sin speaking of are Virgil's account of the garden of (he old Cory clan, und floater's of that oi Aklnoos.—Pope, in The Guardian. We Want Yon RADIO—Let me figure on your set. Atwater-Kent or Boech. Terms to suit. C. L. Upham. THE NEW ZEROLENE tAe modern oil A STANDARD O il PRODUCT | BOYD T. JENKINS, D. M. D. associated with F. V. PRIME, D. M. D. General Dentistry X-Ray and Diagnosis Bank Bldg. Phoae Conneetlea Eveniga by appointment. W. J. W ARNER j Attorney-at-Law j Hermiston Oregon DR. A. E. MARBLE Chiropractor to keep in m ind the fact that in addition to p rin tin g this news­ paper we do job work of any kind. W hen in need of anything in this line be sure To See Us a h * PRANN FUNERAL SERVICE Telephone 801 Night or Daay The purpose of the while $tone-IIke objects found In the Interior of the CHAPEL. FUNERAL COACH AND tisli’s bead has not been very definitely ; SANITARY PREPARATION ROOM Ambulance Service determined, hut most of the small hoys who calch fish think these slnnes are Hermiston Avenue lucky pieces and seek them for the mere purpose of pocket pieces. Il Is generally agreed that these stones are In some way connected with Hie fish’s NOW IS THE TIME TO RESERVE auditory faculties, hut according In an YOUR DAY OLD TURKEYS FOR othpr theory they belong to the fish's slatic sense, a term referring Io the SPRING 1929 complex process by means of which From healthy, ranged, purs bred fishes ure enabled to maintain equlllb Mammoth Bronze stock, also N arrs riutn in water. The stones are almost gansetts. Price delivered to you entirely mineral compositions, being $70.00 per 100. Cheaper and more soluble In weak acetic acid. They show annular or periodic rings of satisfactory than to hatch your growth, somewhat analogous to the own. Write for more information. annular rings of trees, and are fre­ RUSSELL POULTRY YARDS quently used to determine the age of Box 386T Corvallis, Oregon fiche». Victory for Imagination NEW YEARSi WANTED—Quiet team of mares, 1300 lbs. or over, must be young. Lorie Berney, Troutdale, Oregon. 15-3p PROFESSIONAL CARDS | I Treat both Acute and Chronic Dis­ ' eases. Office across street from Hurly's grocery. Phone 481 Could Buy Beefsteak Office Hours, 10 to 12; 1:30 to 8. bat He W cntcd Grass Hermiston, Oregon. It was during an argument about I H S. McKENZIE, M. D diet that Frank Arnold of Walnut j Park remarked: Eye. Ear- Nose and Throat “There is ouly one way to settle the diet question and that way was | Office: 1-2-3 Island Empire Bldg. Pendleton, Oregon adopted by a certain very rich man I know of. He went right to his physl clan und after many consultations ami JAMES L. SEARS, M. D. examinations, It was decided that he Physician and Surgeon should undergo on operation. Res. Phone 712 “In due time the operation was per- j Office Phone 738. formed, the rich man's stomach was Office in First National Bank Bldg. removed and a nice new sheep's stotn 1 aeh put In Its place. The man's re covery from the operation was rapid DR. DAVID S. ROWE, Before long he began to clamor for Chiropractor and Physiotherapist food. “ ’Ahi’ cried the doctor, rubbing his Specializing in Acute and Chronio hands, ‘it Is evident that the opera Disease. tlon is a complete success. The sheep's Location, 2 doors west of Postoffice stonjnch Is working fine I” “ 'Ba-a-n!' cried the rich tnan. 'Why Hours, 10 to 6, and by appointment bring beefsteaks when I want grass!” ’ Office Phone 303 Res. Phone 312 —Los Angeles Times. A little boy’s pleasure In picture books and his quick Imagination turned the ordeal of taking cod llvet oil Into a Jolly game for one family in a story related by Italph Demaree In Hygela Magazine. Little Tommy’s father called II hot tied sunshine and that reminded Tom my that brownies run away when the sun shines. From that Idea It was easy to Imagine that the brownies lived In (lie brown cod liver oil bottle So brownies were poured from the brown bottle after every meal with to much merriment that Tommy for got all about milking wry faces. and ' U N IO N P A C IF IC P O IN T ! IN U T A H VINEYARD LODGE NO. 20«. L O. O. F. meets each Monday evening In Odd Fellows' hall. Visiting member« cor­ 1 dially Invited. W. R. Longhorn, Secretory. Cecil Warner, V . O. Fish's Headstone RED UCED FARES FOR SALE— Nearly new Ford ton truck; Ford touring in good run­ ning order, heavy two-wheel tral- er. Floyd Laird. 15-4tp LODGI DIRECTORY HERMISTON, OREGON « The alfalfa seed crop is consider­ FOR SALE CHEAP— Ford runabout, able shorter han lasttt year, accord­ good condition, body in rear. Her­ ing to reports being received at the miston Market. 14-tfc Oregon experiment station. The Utah and Idaho crops are especially small CLOSING OUT ALL CARS AT BAR- although the Oregon crop is larger gain prices— 1 Ford truck, platform than usual because of a considerable bed, good condition, $165; 1 Ford I increase in the acreage harvested. touring, fair condition, $35; 1 new The November issue of "Crops and Frd truck, model A, with cab, 1 1-2 Markets” indicates that the crop is ton, duaal high. Kellogg Motor Co. only about 65 per cent of the 1927 16 tfc crop. FOR SALE— 560 acres stock ranch between the Middle Fork and the North Fork of the John Day river, nine miles from R itter; will sell on extra reasonable terms. This place Is improved with several springs. Also seven milch cows, two heifers and one bull calf, the cattle all for $600. About 15 tons of hay will sell with cows, or after sale of cows. Two brood sows, team, wag­ on and harness, about 40 chickens, mowing machine, sprlngtooth harrow, walking plow and other Bmall articles. Two separators and 60 sacks of potatoes. All personal property at my ranch west of Her­ miston. W. E. Roberts, 3 miles west of Hermiston. 15-4tp ■ ■ That Made Men Wanderer» on Earth s Bobby hail lived in u duplex for fout years, and hud heard duplexes thoroughly dlsi-UHseil. Just Mcromi (lie street from where Bobby lived a four aparl mem hulld lug was m iller i - o i i k i riit-fIon. One daj Bobby m i* looking <>ut ol the window soil said: "Mntiiioii. f—ur- ;* almost ready for oent-ia to livs in, tsn i u r ANNOUNCEMENT The Freewater Hatchery at Free­ water. Oregon, announces that the new Improvementa are now completed and the new Mammoth Electric mac­ hines are now installed. This is the largest incubator and brooder estab­ lishment In eastern Oregon or Wash­ ington. Seacon capacity of incuba­ tor« 250,000; brooder capacity, 7000. Now is the time to order your Col­ lins Baby Chicks. 10 per cent dis- cunt on all orders received before January 1, 1929. 8. C. W hite Leghors, 16c; Rocke. H e ; Reds, 18c; Orpingtons. 18c; ¡Black Mlporcas. 18c C. F. COLLINS, ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■> ■ 2 ■ IF I T ’ S A JO B O i ■ i H A U LIN G i a CALL US TO DO THE WORK S ■ ■ FOR YOU ■ » ■ We Have the Trucks and ® * Experienced Men to Handle the ■ Business. ■ J ■ __ ■ " WE CAN FIGURE WITH YOU g Matchless Fire a When Jim Bachelor, now a tnembei of the L. A. ¥., Joined the Boy Scouts, he came Home and asked hla father to lend him Ids cigar lighter. Father gazed at Ids young son In wide-eyed amazement. I »id th- Scouts welcome their tenderfoot with a »mokeri lie opened his month to start the well known and popular lee ture but Jim »aw II coming and heal him to IL “You see, dad. you have to make s fire wllhoul matches, so I thought yout cigar lighter would be handy That Is, If II si ill works.” ■ ON LONG HAULS S ■ ■ ■ : H erm iston ■ Transfer 5 ’ ■ ■ W A G N E R & PA N K 0W J ■ PORTLAND - PENDLETON ■ ■ TRUCK LINE ® ■ B T ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■■ ■ ■■ ■ ■ Food for Thought The young wife was heartbroken “What’» the matter?” asked a - T R Y THE HERALD WANT ADS— frtend. ”Olt, my husband Is so abaen' j minded. After breukfast he left « tip on the table, and wlieu I handed him Ills hnl and coal he gave me an other dime.” “Well, that’s nothing to worry about Just force of habit.” ••Thai's Just what worries me. He Kissed me. ton, when I gave him Ids coat and bat." 5 206 East Court St. ® S J. L. V AU G H AN ! Precaut:on ■ The family was seated at the tntil. enjoying dessert. “1 think I'll take my tomorrow'« share m