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T h e H e r m is to n H e r a ld Published Every Thursday at Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon. Alfred Quiring and Leander Quiring, Publishers. Entered at the post office at Hermiston as Second Class Matter, Dec. 1906, Umatilla County, Oregon. « Subscription Rates One Year.......................................... $2.00 Six Months ...................................... 1.00 Three Months......................................... 50 Payable in Advance Office Telephone....................................51 Residence Phone .................. 28R O r eg PER I A T I ON P u b l is h W H IT H E R ART THEY BOUND? During the past few weeks a decided increase has been noted in highway wanderers commonly known as hitchhikers. In driving down the road many of them wave the accustomed thumb for a lift. They are traveling in all directions, seemingly without a goal or destiny—just to be on the go. In years past this mode of travel was confined more to a class generally described as bums. But to day it has become very popular and people from all walks of life are “thumbing” their way down the highway. Now it is not only just that group known as beggars, but well dressed men, boys, women, even families who line our highways. Many editors about the country heap coals of fire on this type of traveler and denounce them from every angle. In spite of the fact that we do not fav or assisting each of the wanderers along the way, our sympathy is touched when we see their plight. This week we noted a small family—mother, father and two very young children—standing in the sun waiting for some Good Samaritan to come along. Our first thought was to criticize them but what if we were in the shoes of that father. Perhaps his home was taken away, without a job, no money. Perhaps he has a promise of some relief in some sec tion of the country. Why should we criticize him for attempting to reach that place? The problem is reaching a point where something may have to be done. It is a question that will take much consideration from all angles. They are going and coming—whither art they bound? Unbeknownst to most residents of this territory, we have a real writer in our midst. Mrs. Catherine De Moss has recently had a book published which is ■drawing considerable comment in the short time it has been off the press. “Blue Bucket Nuggets” is a story which is both interesting and educational. Mrs. De Moss is to be congratulated on her endeavor. T h e H. A. W ilson fam ily w ere S u n d ay d in n e r g u ests a t th e B. E. C-etchell home. By L ots H u tch iso n T h e Colum bia G ran g e enjoyed a picnic on th e sp acio u s law n s a t th e T he o v erh ead g ard en s p rin k le r in H. .1. O tt hom e S unday. A b ask et stalled by th e O regon S ta te college d in n e r w as serv ed a t noon, topped ex ten sio n serv ice at th e H u tch iso n o ff w ith p len ty of ice cream and g ard en as an expel Im ent. co n tin u e s (cake. to be q u ite a so u rce of In terest. V is Mr. an d Mrs. Geo. M id d lestad t ito rs th is week w ere Mr. an d Mrs. and fam ily of R u p e rt, Idaho, stopped W a lte r H am m . Mr. an d Mrs. Chas. F rid a y for a v isit a t th e Geo. Liebe S chissler of R apid C ity, So. D akota, (hom e. Mr. M id d lestad t is Mrs. Lie- | be's b ro th e r. T h ey w ere on th e ir and Mr. an d Mrs. T iller. COLUMBIA NEWS ¡¡BSBB8SS&SBBSBSS8SSBSSSS8&SSBSSBSSBBB8B O nce in a blue moon, w e hear a re m a rk about our John D eere Tracto rs, w hich runs som ething lik e this, “ A w , I don’t lik e those tractors. I don’t lik e the sound o f th e m .” ■■ N ow , fa rm in g friends, le t’s get together on ’this. I f you w a n t som ething to listen to w hy not buy a radio . T h e John D eere T ra c to r Co. has a t its disposal resources, equal to those o f any large com pany and could and w ould b u ild a fo u r or six c y lin d e r tracto r, i f they could equal the econom y and s im p licity o f th e ir present designed tracto r. But th e ir engineers and those o f other com panies have been un able to do so. I f you have not seen these tractors a t w o rk, you have surely missed a m ig h ty d isplay o f d ra w b a r horsepower. A fte r seeing a dem onstration o f these tra c tors on a heavy load, m any farm ers have w a lk e d aw ay w on d erin g how and w here they d e riv e d a ll its pow er and traction. A sk us fo r a dem onstration and see these { tractors perfo rm . ■■ ” THURSDAY, JU N E 22, 1939. THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON. PAGE FOUR Braden-Bell Trader & Eqiipment Be. PENDLETON • PHONE 818 Store* in Arlington, Heppaer, Walla Walla and Athena. H llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllii w av hom e from a v isit in P o rtla n d w ith his m o th er, Mrs. I.o uisa M id d le sta d t. L y n n S h av er h as re c e n tly p u r chased th e old T a b e r place a n d has moved o n to th e place. D ale R o b e rt W oo d w ard h a s th e m easles. C arl H am m er w en t to A th en a F r i day to w ork in th e pea h arv est. Mr. an d Mrs. C arl H am m er have b o u g h t th e tw e n ty a cres from W . B. F o ster, fo rm erly ow ned by D an P a r k er. M r. an d Mrs. Dan H u tc h iso n a re now located a t th e C has. E pperson hom e. T hey w ere u n a b le to find a su ita b le hom e in H erm isto n . Mrs. H u tc h iso n is Mr. a n d Mrs. E p p e r s o n 's d a u g h te r. Mr. H u tc h iso n ia th e new b a k er a t th e H erm isto n b a kery. G e ra ld in e M ullin s sp e n t an a f t e r noon re c e n tly v is itin g M axine B lins- to n . R oy R o g ers is b u ild in g h im self a b ro o d er house th is w eek. Bobby E a to n is v is itin g h is daddy a t F re e w a te r a t p resen t. D avid B lahm v isited a t H ep p n er la s t w eek w ith h is s is te r, Mrs, H a r ley M atteso n , and h is b ro th e rs, R ay a n d H en ry . N in a R ae M cCulley w en t to C ra te r L ak e T h u rsd a y w h ere sh e w ill be em ployed. Mr. an d Mrs. V ern o n S cott of L ex in g to n an d tw o c h ild re n J e r ry an d Ja c k w ere over n ig h t g u ests a t th e A dam B lahm hom e la st S unday. Mrs. B. E. G etch ell an d M rs. H. G. M cC ulley and M rs. H. A. H ook- ere w e n t to M ilton fo r c h e rrie s la s t w eek. Mrs. A lfred M ontgom ery of U m a tilla sp e n t th e week end w ith Mrs. P ercy C orm an. M r. an d Mrs. Leo C lark of S ta n field. an d d a u g h te r from P o rtla n d s p e n t an ev en in g th is w eek w ith Mrs. A n ita B arh am a n d son C hilds. W a lte r H. Goom, nephew ’ of Mrs. M abel W eeks, v isited a t the W eeks hom e tw o day s la s t w eek. H e is a v e te ra n of fo reig n w a rs, and w as re tu r n in g from a h o sp ita l to h is hom e in S elah, W n. M. W. H u g h es le ft la s t w eek for A th en a w h ere h e w ill w ork in pea h a rv e s t. H is fam ily w e n t also. M r. and M rs. P. J. R ohde and fam ily v isited a t th e B a x te r H u tc h i son hom e S u n d ay . M r. an d M rs. E. B. H u tc h iso n of P e n d le to n , E d w ard S haw an d L ois H u tc h iso n w ere also v isito rs. Mr. an d Mrs. Ed K oulse of Salem w ere h e re la s t F rid a y v is itin g old frien d s. Mrs. H oulse sp e n t h e r g ir l hood h e re an d is th e d a u g h te r of Mr. an d Mrs. F. P. P h ip p s, w ho moved to Salem a b o u t tw elv e y e a rs ago. F le ta H a lle y b u rto n of Soap L ake, W n., v isited h ere la s t w eek w ith h er p a re n ts, Mr. an d M rs. U. E d w a rd s an d h e r sister, Mrs. A. R. B linston. an d fam ily. M arion O tt, S usan K nox and A nn S o m m erer re tu rn e d hom e F rid a y a f tern o o n . All re p o rt a w o n d erfu l tim e a t 4-H sum m er school. M rs. A m an d a K ow itz an d c h ild re n V ern a an d H e n ry , an d Mr. a n d Mrs. Gene D unham w ere v isito rs a t the G eorge L iebe hom e S unday. L ittle A lb ert L iebe is g e ttin g a lo n g nicely. T he s titc h e s w ill be rem oved from his leg tn a few days and he w ill soon be up and aro u n d a g ain . Mr. and Mrs. H. A. W ilso n ’s tw o d a u g h te rs w ho live a t D enver a r r iv ed h ere last F rid a y for a visit. M ary W ells, d a u g h te r of Mr. and Mrs. Tom W ilson of O lym pia, W n., v isited frien d s h ere la s t w eek. Mr, W ells w as w ith her. IRRIGON NEWS ITEMS By Mrs. W. C. Isom Rev. H arn ess and Mrs. Tom C ald w ell a tte n d e d th e fu n e ra l of Mrs. M eacham a t U m atilla Sunday. Jo h n P o lle w as q u ite serio u sly ill la s t week b u t is b e tte r now. Mr. an d Mrs. E lm e r E a rla n d of P o rtla n d an d Mrs. A nna C ork of Hood R iv er v isited th e Isom fam ily S a tu rd a y n ig h t. Mrs. C ork is a sis te r-in -la w of Mrs. E a rla n d an d a niece o f M rs. W. C. Isom. T h ey le ft e a rly S u n d ay for S alt L ak e C ity. Mr. an d Mrs. R ussell McCoy and tw o d a u g h te rs, Mrs. E m m e tt McCoy. Dave G ray b eal and Mrs. J. A. G ray- beal m otored to Im b ler, Ore., S a tu r day. Mrs. J. A. G ray b eal rem ained to v is it h er son, Lee G ray beal, and tw o d a u g h te rs. T h e McCoys r e t u r n ed S unday. T h e tie g an g w h ich h a s been s ta tio n ed h ere sev eral days, moved to Ju d so n S unday. W ord w as received h e re th e la s t of th e week from P rof. R alph Jones s ta tin g th a t th e d ay before th e y w ere to leav e for C alifo rn ia. Mrs. Jo n es w as ta k e n ill and u n d e rw e n t a m a jo r o p eratio n a t St. M ary’s hos p ita l in W alla W alla, an d is g e ttin g alo n g as w ell as could be expected. Mr. Jo n es Is a t h is p a re n ts ’ hom e a t F re e w a te r. At th e a n n u a l school m e e tin g held M onday a ftern o o n . Roy M in nick w as elected d ire c to r fo r th e th re e y ear term . H arv ey W a rn e r w as re -e le c t ed c lerk fo r o n e y e a r CURRY SHEEPMEN FORM CO-OP POOL GOLD BEA CH — C u rry co u n ty sh eep men a rra n g e d to m ark et close to a q u a r te r of a m illio n p o u n d s of th e ir wool u n d e r a co o p erativ e pool in g p lan , re p o rts C o u n ty A gent R. M. Knox, w ho assisted In g e ttin g th em to g e th e r to w ork o u t a pro g ram . C are of th e wool a t » h earin g tin te to In su re h ig h e s t q u a lity possi ble is b ein g em phasized. Sheep men w ho h av e been w o rk in g w ith O regon S ta te college v e te r in a ria n s in th e c o n tro l o f a se rio u s disease now b ein g stu d ie d h ere, re p o rt m a te ria l b en efit fro m th e use o f th e E n g lish seru m as com pared w ith o th e r tre a tm e n t o r no tr e a t m en t a t all. R unning the Gantlet an Old Military Punishment “Running the gantlet” is a punish ment known among soldiers, school boys and savages. The victim runs between two lines of executioners, who hit him with whatever the sen tence allows. The phrase dates back to the days of trial by ordeal. In those times of rough justice, relates a correspond ent in Pearson's London Weekly, only the officer class had the priv ilege of defending themselves—by means of a duel. The accusers would form up in line, and the ac cused man would slowly pass along it. Anyone among the accusers who believed the man guilty would draw his glove or gantlet over his face; an insult which could ba settled only by a duel. It the challenger won the accused was guilty. So to “run the gantlet" meant tak ing ona’s life into one's hands. We still use it in a similar sense— though not quite so literally. The lower classes were not so for tunate. A suspected person some times had to grasp a red-hot bar, and if the hand healed within a. cer tain time he was presumed innocent. This was trial by Are. At other times (and particularly if the ac cused was a woman) trial by water was chosen. In this case the vic tim was bound and thrown into a pond or nearby stretch of water. If she floated, well and good; if she didn’t—it was just too bad. Grain W ill Go Through Sw eat in Shock or Bin Experienced wheat growers know that grain will go through the sweat in the shock, stack, or bin and that harvesting methods make stacking unnecessary. Grain always goes through a sweat, and for many years farmers thought it was necessary to stack the grain and allow it to stand for several weeks to allow time for it to go through the final ripening proc ess. Not many years ago grain stack ing was common in the central west and eastern states. The grain was usually allowed to remain in the shocks for about two weeks before it was stacked. Then stacks were often built in sets of four, allowing about six feet of space between each pair. The threshing machine was then set between the stacks so that bundles could be tossed into the feeder from both sides. But stack building in America was never developed to the fine point reached in European coun tries, where the skill of stacking is handed down from father to son. There the stacks are flared from the bottom to several feet above the ground so that water running off the smoothly thatched top falls on the graund several inches away from the base. W HY? Take A ny Chances W ith Y o ur SEEDS, INSURANCE POLICIES, AHI OTHER MUMBLE LETTEK. Our Safe Deposit Boxes provide every factor of safety and conven ience. No one has access to your valuables but yourself. You can get to them with the utmost priva cy as often as you may desire. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HERMISTON I F. B. SWAYZE, President Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation COLBERG’S CAFE T h e re is so m eth in g ab o u t th e Col- b e rg ’s C afe t h a t se ts it a p a r t from o th e r e a tin g places and m ak es it h ig h ly sa tisfa c to ry . T h e e x trem e c a re and th o u g h t th a t goes in to ev e ry th in g , th e cooking, s e rv in g a n d service, cre a te s a n e a t in g place to be v isited re g u la rly . H ere good food is com bined w ith m o d e ra te prices. P ro p e r food w ell chosen a n d w ell cooked is an abso lu te e ss e n tia l to good h e a lth . W e a re pleased to d ire c t special a tte n tio n to o u r re a d e rs an d u rg e th em to d ro p in th e n e x t tim e they w a n t a real good san d w ich o r meal. All food is cooked w ith e le c tric a l a p p lian ces a t C olherg’s Cafe. GREENACRES DAIRY T h is m odern u p -to -d a te d a iry is one of th e b est k n o w n in th is com m u n ity . “ A b o ttle of m ilk is a b o t tle of h e a lth " is an expression of to d ay t h a t is q u ite in ord er. M any peo ple can p o in t to th e ir pure h e a lth ful m ilk an d say th is. S erve m ilk ‘Robin Hoods’ in Poland a t m eal tim es and betw een m eals too A race of “ Robin Hoods” lives in to th e w hole fam ily. O rder e x tra Poland. The tribesmen are called m ilk today from th e G reen A cres Gorals, and they live in the high D airy a t R iv ersid e, phone 117 8-W. Tatra ranges of the Carpathian M ilk c o n siste n tly used b u ild s up mountains, south of Cracow. De scendants of Janosik, a robber chief h e a lth and vigor In th e fra ile s t body, tain of the Middle ages, they marry colors pale ch eek s an d rev ita liz e s only among their own people. They w asted nerves. In m a k in g th is re are tall, fine looking people, and view of th e le a d in g firm s in U m a their costumes are among the mqst tilla co u n ty we w ish to p o in t o u t and picturesque ever devised. In the co m p lim en t th e G reen A cres D airy old days they were brigands, but a n d c o n g ra tu la te th e people upon also deeply religious. They raided the wealthy landowners in the val h a v in g them here. leys on the south side of the Car pathians, but practiced rigid hon esty among themselves and toward their countrymen on the Polish plains to the north. Young men had to prove their strength, agility, and markmanship before they won the honor of joining the raiding parties. The Gorals preserve all the customs of their forbears, but they have abandoned brigandage. MRS. ADDIE MEACHAM F u n e ra l services w ere h eld a t 3 :0 0 p. m. S u n d ay fo r Mrs. A ddie M eacham of U m atilla. She passed aw ay J u n e 15 a t th e hom e of h e r son, E. M. B e n n e tt of U m atilla, a t th e ag e o f’ 71 y ears, 1 m o n th a n d 15 days. C. W a rn e r, p a sto r of th e H er m isto n U nion ch u rc h , had c h a rg e of th e services. Mrs. M eacham had been a re s id e n t Kinds of Rope The rope used for general pur of G ra n t an d U m a tilla co u n ties for poses about the farm is hemp rope. 15 years. She w as th e m o th e r of As most of it is made from Manila n in e c h ild re n , th e fa th e r and tw o hemp imported from the Philippine c h ild re n h a v in g preceded h e r in islands, it is generally known as d e a th . Seven ch ild re n su rv iv e, in Manila rope. Cotton rope is some c lu d in g tw o sons, E. M. B e n n e tt and times used for halters or ties. In L. L. B e n n ett, resid e a t U m atilla, making rope, the fibers are first spun into a cord or yarn, being B esides th e loved ones, a h o st of twisted in a direction called “right frie n d s m o u rn h er passing. hand.” Several of these cords are then made into a “strand” by being twisted in the opposite direction, or "lefthand." The rope is finally made up of three or four of these strands twisted “righthand,” and is known as a three or a four-strand rope, depending upon the number of strands used. The four-strand rope is constructed on a core, and is heav. ier, more pliable, and stronger than the three-strand, in any given size. How Crown Jewels Were Saved According to an account written by Sir Walter Scott, 1819, the crown jewels of Scotland in 1652 were pre served from the English by the clev er scheme of a Mrs. Granger and Lady Ogilvie, wife of the governor of the castle where they were then stored. Mrs. Granger passed through the English lines with an attendant carrying in her lap the crown wrapped up in a bundle of clothes. Her servant carried, ap parently, a bundle of flax for her spinning, which actually contained the scepter and the sword. The English permitted the passage through the lines on representation that the women were to visit a rela tive. For many years the jewels lay where they were buried, but were removed to Edinburgh castle in 1707. BUY A GOOD USED CAR FROM THE ADS In Thi* N e w sp a p e r GLAMOUR OF OLD WEST GLORIFIED IN NEW PICTURE A cross a v a st p an o ram a of p rim i tiv e sp len d o r, sev eral th o u san d feet above sea level u n d e r a b u rn in g su n , a so lita ry stag eco ach c a reen s a n d rocks b ehind six g a llo p in g horses. E v ery m ile b rin g s th e coach a n d its odd a ss o rtm e n t of p assen g ers clo ser to a w a itin g band of m u rd e ro u s A paches, led by G eronim o, fie rc e st of them all. T h is is th e ten se a n d th r illin g b ack g ro u n d of W a lte r W a n g e r’s " S ta g e co ach .” a fr o n tie r d ra m a of th e 1880’s w hen In d ia n s s till roam ed th e sag e b ru sh , w hich s ta r ts a t th e O asis th e a tre S unday, w ith C laire T revor and J o h n W ay n e in th e s t a r r i n g roles. M iss T rev o r, a p p e a rin g as D allas, a g irl of sh ad y re p u ta tio n w ho h a s been d riv e n from T o n to by a se lf-rig h te o u s g ro u p of w om en, a n d W ayne, im p e rso n a tin g K id R ingo, a n o th e r social o u tc a st, a re p assen g ers on th is coach. A m ong th e o th ers in th e m otley g ro u p a re a g a m b le r of m y sterio u s o rig in s, a so ttish doctor, a tim id w hiskey d ru m m e r, a h ig h -b o rn lady ab o u t to have a b a by, a pom pous b a n k e r w ho h as a b sconded w ith h is b a n k ’s fu n d s, th e stag eco ach d riv ers. T he jo u rn e y of th e coach beg in s a t T onto, A rizona, w ith L o rd sb u rg , in N ew Mexico, its d e stin a tio n . T he L o rsb u rg set w as erected in sid e a sta g e in o rd er to o b ta in u n u su a l lig h tin g effects fo r th e ten se scenes h a v in g th e ir clim ax a t th e end of th e fa te fu l s ta g e Journey. A n o th e r sp e c ta c u la r set w as erected for th e scene sh o w in g th e fra n tic d ash of th e stag eco ach w hen A pache w a r sig n a ls a re seen in th e n e a rb y h ills. T h e re is a riv e r cro ssin g ah ead , w here th e sta g e d riv e r p lan s to g e t fresh h orses and a d d itio n a l am m u n itio n . T he coach w inds th ro u g h a m o u n ta in pass an d dashes dow n a canyon to th e riv e r— b u t th e re la y sta tio n is in flam es and its a tte n d a n ts have been m u rd ered by In d ian a. It is s h o rtly a fte r th is scene sw eeps across th e screen th a t th e s ta g e coach is su rro u n d e d by th e w ild Aipaches an d th e U n ited S ta te s c a v a l ry comes to a th r illin g rescue. U N IO N CHURCH ENJOYS PICNIC T he H erm isto n U nion c h u rc h e n joyed a fin e d ay in a union service an d picnic w ith th e H ep p iier a n d L ex in g to n ch u rc h e s a t th e R oy N eill hom e on u p p er B u tte r C reek la s t S unday. A p p ro x im ately 150 w ere in a tte n d a n c e . T h e re g u la r services w ill be held n e x t S unday. T h e serm on fo r th e m o rn in g w o rsh ip w ill be. " T h e P a s sion of Je s u s .” T h e C h ris tia n E n deavor w ill m eet a t 7 :0 0 a n d th e ev e n in g service a t 8 :0 0 . 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