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About The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1921)
t ..." . LOCAL I J NOTES 2 .lust, whistle lor Whistle. - li. ink West mn brew; it's good for you VV. 1J. Tucker went to Stan field on business Tuesday. 4 4- "Safety First" Saturday, April 23. Reserve the date. Admission 2ac, 35c. O. H Warner was a Hermis ton visitor Tuesday. E P. Dodd, of Hermiston, was in Boardman Wednesday, f C. J. B'a.yden is in Hermistor building a house for E. P. Dodd The foundation is completei and the frame work well alonu on the Murchie building. Jack Gorham went to Castle Wednesday afternoon on busi ness. 4- 4- The Ladies Aid mat Wednes day in 'the church with S. H. Boardman as hostess. Attorney J D Zurcher, of Stantield, was transacting busi ness in this city Wednesday. Charles Goodwin mado a fly ing trip to Condon (but not in an aeroplane) on business this week. The cooking club of Boardman completed their work by serving a four-course dinner to invited guests. "Safety First" Saturday, April 23. Reserve the date Admission 25c, 35c. S. H Boardman is contemplat ing opening a law office in the near future as business is pick ing up in that line. Misses Blanche Soliannan and Naomi Runner were judges at the !declamatory contest in Echo last Friday evening. B. S. Kinizsley devoted two days to his business here this week. Either fishing is poor or George Mitchell is out of fishing worms. Considerable interest is being manifested in the coming elec tion May 20th. Watch Board man forge to the front after we incorporate. f "Safety First" Saturday, April 23. Reserve the date. Admission 25c, 35c. Subscribe tor The Mirror. r,i. $135 NOW BUYS A SHIRT AND POLITENESS INI THE BIS STORES PRAGUE CITY OF PALACES United States Minister Crane Lives in One of Them, Which He, Himself, Purchased. Prague, capital of Czecho-Slovakla, is pre-euiiueuily u city of palaces. .s noon as one has crossed the Moltlava by the old Charles bridge the quaint est, most picturesque bridge in ihe world, with Its L.,ies flanked with towers, ami Its aruun of beautiful stat- uls uuorutn the parapet- one Buds ones seii lu u quarter of the cits en tirely given to j ti laces, where in bur row old streets, crooked and glass grown, and about tranquil, silent squares rise the splendid facades of seigneurlal duellings. When, following the signing of the peace, England, America, France and Italy were looking for quarters for their diplomatic representatives, these palaces were just what was needed for bousing the legations, Raymond Recouty writes in Scrlbner's. France took over the palace belonging to the Buquoys, a Flemish family which came to Bohemia after the battle of La Montague Blanche and cast In their fortunes with those of the Hnps burgs. The United States minister, Mr, Crane, has bought with his own money the magnificent palace of the Srhon born. The chateau is less beautiful, less elegant, perhaps, than the Buquoy palace, but the gardens are marvelous. They rise In terrace after terrace to a hill which overlooks the entire city. At the top are the tennis courts, where the diplomatic circle meets daily for afternoon tea. The most strikingly original feature of Prague in the "Hradehany," an acropolis of towers, churches and pal aces dominating the capital. From the time that Prague was reduced to a city of secondary importance the palaces of the "Hradehany" were prac tically abandoned. Now and then some archduke m disgrace, some prince in exile, would establish him self in one or anoflier of them for a time. The ex-Emperor Charles, while a Rtudertt at the University of Prague, an archduke with apparently no chance of ever coming to the throne, lived there. .Ml these palaces, once abandoned, deserted, are today occupied by the president (rf Ihe republic and the dif ferent ministers. President Mnsaryk received me in that same sumptuous drawing room which bad once been the salon of the Emperor Charles. Call For Wvnt Extension liri ffufii't! Wurrnut All warrants registered up to April 20, 1921, cull tor payment on May luth at county treasurer's otjice. interest stops on May 10th. T, J. Humphreys, 1 U2t t'ottnty 1 reasurfr. l K 'f 0 s: V Nature's Jewel Boxes. The northwestern part of Uruguay Is a newly discovered field for the pro duetion of amethysts, which occur in "geodes." The geodes, so plentiful Mint they are picked up In the fields, are carried on mulehack or In carts to the nearest railway station and shipped in barrels to Snlto, whence they nre transported by river boat to Mounlevldeo. Naturally it will he asked, "what Is a geode?" Originally, it was a bole In a rock. Water percolating through the rock deposited silica, making n lining for the cavity. The lining grew thick er and thicker, ami after a long time. If the rock were broken or "weathered' to pieces, a hard nodule would drop OUt. The nodule Is n geode; and If, as sometimes happens, the silica has formed crystals Inside of It, colored by metallic salts, the geode Is a little jewel box containing amethysts. A beautiful statuette, eight inches high, of a woman dancing, has recent I ly been placed in the Morgan ("Jem ! hall of the American Museum of Nat ural History In New York eity. It II carved out of a perfect block of trans lucent sapphlrlne, blue quartz, from Uruguay. We print below Ihe telephotv di rector, of Boardman and vi cinity with t I ' number of tin phone and the different rihgafGi each subscriber. This list will tie changed each week or as fit -quently as an, changes or ad ditions are made. B 27 Boardman Oarage, 18 Boardman Trading Co., 1512 "Brown, Olen, - lti Ballcnger, .T. C , 252 Brown, Ray, - 17 Boardman, San 525 Berger, Ira, C 12 Cramer, Earl -518 Cramer, Frank - 185 Columbia Trading Co. 72 Cohoou, Walter D 1515 Dillaliougb, Chas 515 Dillon, Chas Q 512 Gilbert!), W. H. H 22 Haneo, Chas. 152 Hatch, Win. K 202 King, W. O It 522 Larson, Art bur 13 Lumber Yard M 23 Messoer 82 Meffonl, George 5155 M fford, Wro. 712 Miller, Tom 515 Mitehhll, R. 0. 182 Mulkey, E. K. - - - -O 172 Olson, O B. P 612 Partlow, A. C. 715 Partlow, Frank - 155 Partlow, John 75 Partlow, Paul R 25 Raofler, Dan 207 Hands, Royal S " 1 52 Skoubo, Adolpb -255 Skoubo, I W IS Weston, H. H. 19 Warner, () H. H. H. WESTON Boardman, Ore. HANDLES Giv Gray Shaft to England. Two residents of Stoke Poges have purchased the monument erected by one of the Penns to the Poet Gray, whose "Elegy" Is better- known than many a poem of greater worth. The donors are making the memorial a free gift to the public, with some land, which will prevent any building around it, and It Is believed that the national trust fund is willing to hold the property, Such gifts are of Inter national Importance, and are heirlooms for those who. though they have never seen Stoke Poges, have watched In Imagination "the lowing herd wind s'owly o'er the lea." Christian Sci ence Monitor. LAND Improved Unimproved For further information ask my neighbors. A Young Husband An Unsuccessful Fixer A Defective Detective A Shrinking College Boy A Terrible Turk Jack's Wife, Pity Her Her Young Sister Their Mamma Tender Turkish Maiden An Irish Cook Lady High School Play, 3 Act Comedy Saturday, April 23, 8:00 P. M. WHAT? WHEN ? HERE? School Auditorium! w Admission 25c - 35c He'd Been Well Advised. Mrs. Ben Item You can't get Willie to bathe before breakfast. Benham No; ha says he npver washes his face on an empty stomach. Kansas City Star. Only Restaurant in Pen dleton Employing full crew of white help The French RESTAURANT HO H BACH BKO8., Props. K legit at Fnrnih'l Knoiun in Connection Jud Tonkins. Jnd Tunklns says after a man has been cured of an ailment It's liable to take him quite some time louger to get over the medicine. 6LA8KS Ground to Fit vouh Eyes Lenses Duplicated on Shout Notice AMERICAN NAft.BANK BUILDING. "FNDLETON. Phone f09 BOARDMAN Dray Line Dray Delivery and Livery at all hours M. J. DeDEWEESE Phone 1-3 Boardman, Oregon THE BOARDMAN MIRROR Is the Largest Paper Published in a town the size of Boardman I IN i ilE WORLD! The Mirror prints features, cartoons and pic tures seldom run by any but daily papers. The Mirror reflects all the happenings of Board man and the West Extension. 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