THE BOARDMAN MIRROR Vol. i BUARDMAN, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1921 No. 16 OREGON NEWS NOTES OF PRINCIPAL I EVENTS HAPPENING DURING WEEK lone post of the American Legion will hold a carnival July 4 and 6. Business men of Condon have de cided to hold a Fourth of July cele bration. Seaside post of the American Legion Is making arrangements to hold a car nival in June. The Oregon State Association of Master Plumbers held a two-day ses sion in Portland. About 35 business and professional women have organized the Hood River Business Women's club. Ground has been broken at Eugene for a new race horse barn at the Lane county fair grounds. Hood River farmers have started a movement to purchase the only thresh ing machine in the valley. The dental associations of Marion, Polk, Benton, Yamhill and Lane coun ties met at Salem May 21. The charter roll of the Salem branch Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, contains 94 names. Artillery units of the Oregon Na tional Guard are moving toward Fort Stevens for instruction in handling big guns. Water has been turned onto the Slide irrigation district in Malheur county. The district includes approxi mately 1500 acres. A rain and hail storm in Malheur county is declared by stockmen to have been worth thousands of dollars in refreshing the grass. Sixty men and 11 carloads of equip ment for the airplane forest fire pa trol headquarters in Eugene have ar rived from Mather field. Announcement was made by the postoffice department that a civil serv ice examination is to be held soon to select a postmaster for Portland. Apples are setting well in Hood River valley and orcbardtstB predict a bigger crop than in 1919, when more than 2,000,000 boxes were shipped. The first sod In the breaking of ground for a new hospital at Kitty ville, between North Bend and Marsb field, was turned by Louis J. Simpson The lower house of congress has passed a bill granting H. H. Haynes authority to construct u dike across Mud slough on Isthmus inlet in Coos county. Owing to the pressure of personal business. County Commissioner Miller of Deschutes county has resigned. He will be succeeded by M. C. Conlon pf Redmond. Continued rains are producive of In numerable "slugs" or small snails that are attacking garden stuff and doing heavy damage, it is asserted in Doug las county. The rapidly rising waters of the Columbia river at The Dalles carried away several small houses which had been built by squatters on the beach below the city. In a collision between the outgoing Southern Pacific Coos Bay passenger train and a freight train in the Eu gene yards ten people were injured, none very seriously. An official record for the final rest ing place of all deceased Oregon sol dlers of all wars will be established and made a permanent state record by the adjutant general. An order issued by the Deschutes county court limits truck traffic on the Dalles-California highway to one and one-half ton trucks between Bend and the Jefferson county line. Two more paving plants will start work soon on the Pacific highway in Lane county, making three in opera tion this summer between the Benton and Douglas county lines. The last carload of apples of the 1920 crop was shipped last week by the Hood River Apple Growers' asso ciation. The association's total apple tonnage reached 11 HO cars. The first forest fire of the year in the Deschutes national forest occurred near Swamp Wells. Fifteen acres were burned over. The fire started from a cigarette thrown by the roadside l.i roy Childs of the Hood River ex periment station is urging Oregon or chardists to apply the calyx spray for the control of the codling moth im mediately the blossoms drop their petals. The Wind River Lumber company's plant at Cascade Locks, now owned by the Bridal Veil Lumbering torn pdujv haahut down for an. Indefinite To Our Heroes Brave period. The company employed about 400 men. Salem won th Stat high school de bate contest and the University of Oregon cup, defeating Eugene and Corvallis high schools In the finals at Eugene, with a unanimous dcclHOB in each case. The growth of Salem is indicated In a report showing that for the year end ing December 31 there were 400 more residence users of electricity than were shown by a similar report covering the previous six months. inree Oregon counties, Marlon, Clackamas and Polk, apparently have exceeded the constitutional limitation in their tax levies for this year, ac cording to the records in the office of the state tax commissioner. That Douglas county will be the ban ner prune section of the state this year, is the prediction of Professor Clayton C. Long, who has just finish ed a survey of the prune crop situation in the principal counties of the state. The premium list of ifco Industrial department of the Orep i staU- f:'r Is out. Liberal premiums v. 1 be award ed this year in every branch in agri culture, horticulture, poultry, livestock, sewing, cookery and home beautlfica tion. Prompt action of Douglas county or chardists in followiug out the recom mendations of Oregon Agricultural col lege has saved hundreds of dollars to prune men, according to those who have investigated the damage done by caterpillar 8. A movement to obtain the session of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, the Na tional organization of Oddfellowship. for Portland in 1935, during the world's fair, was launched in the titith annual convention of the-Oregon Grand Lodge at Albany. t The Devil's punch bowl, a point of -.cenic interest on the west fork of Hood river, has been made almost in ccessible by the condemnation of a bridge across the middle fork of the river, a quarter of a mile from the bowl. A historical pageant will be staged at The Dalles May 27 In the new city park. The historical scenes will start with the discovery of the mouth of the Columbia river by Captain Gray In 1792. One thousand people will take part In the pageant. Approximately 175,447 tons of grain were inspected under the direction of the grain inspection department of the Oregon public service commission in April, compared with 29,085 tons during April of 1920, according to a report prepared recently. Officials representing all the forest fire fighting organizations active on the east side of the Cascades in Ore son, from the Warm Springs Indian reservation to the California line, met in Bend for a conference on co opera tive handling of the fire protection work of the coming summer. County courts have authority to con tract with private law enforcement agencies operating Independently of authorized peace officers for the en forcement of state prohibition laws and to expend county funds In pay ment for service rendered under such contracts, according to I. H. Van Winkle, attorney-general. Heavy rains are believed responsible for the detruction of three sections of the main flume of the Arnold Irriga tion company, eight miles from Bend, but the same rains, and others which followed, so effectively took the place of the water which the flume would kave carried that there will be no loss of crops as a result of the accident. There were three fatalities In Ore gon due to industrial accidents during the week ending May 19. according to a report by the state industrial ac cident commission. The victims were: Tony Theros. laborer, Hosklns. Carl A Harlan, woodcutter, Portland, and Edward S. Wilson, miner, John Day. A total of 429 accidents were reported. Construction of an entire new mill l for the exclusive sawing of h'fhgrade ! logs, with Independent dry kiln and planing mill capacity, and tire utillza- ! tlon of the present mill for handling timbers for the domestic and offshore markets, was announced by the Pen insula Lumber Company of Portland It Is estimated the cost will be close to7$0,0K. CLOSING EXERCISES BOARDMAN SCHOOL MARKS END OF VERV SUCCESSFUL YEAR PENNSYLVANIA LAD INFRINGING ON GEORGE MITCHELL'S WORM INDUSTRY The. following clipping, from a Meadville, Pa. paper just goes to show that there is nothing new un der the sun, or over it, which ever way you care to put it. This spring much to do was made of the' fact that George Mitchell was scientific ally propagating worms. Now along comes this Penn. Russian hungering for knowledge and getting it thru worms and Cryptobrancus Alleghan iesis.more commonly known as Hellbinders. Mr. Mitchell says he is going to look into these Hellbinders. He says from the day he landed here he has got Hell, and at all limes been bent. To date neither has returned him on the basis of $7.50 a dozen. It is Mr. Mitchell's opinion that this Russian student has lifted his secret patent of luring the worms to the surface. If It is so proven, immediate suit will be brot for large damage. Further, in sell ing these worms at forty cents a dozen is below the cost of actual production, and as George says, pro ves that the doctrines of the Soviet government are on an unsound basis. Meadville, Pa., May 12. -Hellbinders and earth-worms are taking Paul Webb of Erie thru Allegheny College -paying his expenses and giving him about one thousand dol lars a year besides. The hellbinders is a species of salamander; Its scientific name be ing "Cryptobrancus Alleghaniesis." Webb, now in his junior year and specializing in biology, is of Russian birth. He sells his specimens to edu cational institutions. Thousands of worms are used for dissection in the study of comparative antomy. Some go to museums. To be salable, earth-worms "Lumbricus Terrestris" must be 100 per cent normal. Webb lures worms to the surface with a secret solution, which, sprinkled on the ground, brings them out on even the coldest day in January. For preservation of the worms for "the trade" Webb has orignated a compound. He has invented a gas mask to protect his eyes and throat while handling that preservative. Forty cents a dozen is the lowest price he receives for worms. The hellbinders are found only along tri butaries of (he Ohio river, especially in the area drained by the Allegheny river. Webb gets $7 50 per dozen for them. NOTICE OF ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING Notice is hereby given to the legal voters of School District No. 25, of Morrow county, State" of Oregon, that the ANNUAL SCHOOL MEET ING of said district will be held at the school house to begin at the hour of 2:00 p. m. on the third Monday of June, being the 20th day of June, A. D 1921. This meeting is called for the pur pose of electing one director, one clerk, and to vote on the 1922-1923 budget and the transaction of busi ness usual at such meeting. Dated this 21st day of May, 1921. Attest: Mrs. Claire P. Harter, Eugene Cumins, Clerk. Chairman. HEALED BIDS WANTED Sealed bids for Janitor 4f the Boardman school for the school year, July 1st, 1921, to July 1st, 1922, will be received by the clerk and opened by the board at next meeting, June 11th, at 2:00 p. m. Regulations and specifications may be seen at the office of the clerk. The board reserves the right to re ject any or all bids. Mrs Claire P. Harter, Clerk. School List. No. 25, Morrow Co., Or. IMPORTANT NOTICE A considerable part of our em ployees are at present on strike. Tift' difference arises not from any question of wages which are higher than at any time in our history, but from a demand for a reduction of lour hours in the weekly working schedule. Coming at this time of general business depression when the whole economic tendency is toward a re duction in prices, this demand can not be complied with. For the present it will be impos sible to print as normally. Begin ...ng with the Post and the Country titleman issue dated May 28th and with the June Journal, editions may he reduced and paging may be curtailed. As nearly as possible we shall fill orders as received for all three mag azines, but with this explination you will understand any shortage or de lay In receipt of copies. We ask your patience 'and co operation in meeting a difficult situ ation and assure you that we shall do everything In our power to mini mize the Inconvenience to you. THE CURTIS PUB. COMPANY, Win. J de Grouchy, Asst. Mgr. Hales Division. BEKNAKD SIGNS, Local Agent. The closing exercises of the Board man school began with the bac calaureate sermon on Sunday, May 15th, by the Rev. J. W. Hood, pas tor of the community church. His theme was "The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Wisdom." The commencement exercises for the high school were held on the evening of Wednesday, the ISth. The two graduates were Paul Hatch and Cram Messenger. The former gave as his commencement theme "Where Shall we Anchor," outlining the two roads, to work or to col lege, after high school, and the lat ter discussed the present problems of "Immigration," Both young men did well, and the exercises were a fitting end lo their successful high school careers. Both will go to O. A. C. this fall. The address of the evening was delivered by Prof. J. F. Brumbaugh of O. A. C.i who spoke on popular psychological topics and was enthu siastically received. Those who as sisted with musical numbers were Miss Belle Packard, Mrs. W. L. Fln nell, Miss Naomi Runner, and Mrs. Edith Crawford, all of the numbers being especially well received. The class of '21 havfi' presented a pennant In the school colors, thus establishing a very pleasing custom. The concluding program was held Friday night, the 20th. under the auspices of the Junior high school, assisted by the primary department, who opened the program with a song "Dairy Maids," which was very prettily rendered and heartily en cored. Then followed a dialogue "Waiting for the Train," which was true to life and full of fun. This was given by the pupils of the Junior High. All the other numbers were good, and the musical features by the Misses Runner and McNeill, Wahnona Keyes and Misses Broyle and Packard heartily encored. CHOWINO MORE FOOD AT HOME IS TKUK ECONOMY Necessary to Save Shipping; Costs on Water in Face of Lessen ed I Set urns. Increased transportation costs and lessened returns from the products they have to sell will compel thou sands of American farmers to grow more of their own food, is the opin ion of officials of the United States Department of Agriculture. These transportation costs will prevent shipments of the more moderate priced fresh fruits and vegetables which are purchased by the growers of single crops of specialties for use in their own homes, and the lack of a market for special products In l urn will be a blow to the buying capacity of the growers of those specialties. "The American farmer is not go ing to be able this year tol pay freight on water," said a department Official. Water makes up a large part of fresh fruits and vegetables. The answer Is that he most grow his own table food. He must also study the possibilities of substitu tion. This applies to vegetables, fruits, poultry, eggs, and dairy pro ducts which must be transferred from commercial channels to home consumption if they are to come within the reach of the average farmer's family. "Specialized farming has created conditions of which comparatively few persons are aware. The grain farmer in many instances buys even his potatoes and green vegetables; the fruit fanner buys his dairy pro ducts; and even the man who raises milk for creamery, condensary, or cheese factory Is likely to send his cream or milk away, feed the skim milk or whey to the calves, and not make his own butler. This year, just as far as possible for him to alter his system In a single season, the department officials advise that he get back to the old plan which was aptly described as 'living at home.' This means not so much re maining on the farm as it does de riving every practicable product for consumption from the farm. "The average American farmer knows how to raise other crops than those on which he specializes, but it has seemed good business, or at It-asl expedient, to devote his ener gies to very few or even a single cash Crop and buy his neccessities, Just as is done in other specialized industries. The grain farmer Is per fectly capable of raising his own potatoes, his green gurden stuff, and melons, tomatoes and other garden fruits, to take the place of orchard fruits which in many parts of the country have been killed by the late freezes. If the farmer has a piece of r'-ally good garden ground be can add materially to the variety and whoIeHomeness of the farm food supply with scarcely any expendi ture except for seeds, and seeds, for tunately, are lower this spring than for several years. "The same may be said of poul try. With Increased freight rates this year the general farmer's prin cipal meat supply will come out of his poultry yard, either in eggs or in table chickens and other fowls. Poultry is the quickest meat supply to procure, and the farmer will do well to build up a small flloek as rapidly as possible. The increased freight rates on butter and eggs, together with the farm money short age due to the disappointing returns I from last year's crops, will make- it advisable for many farmers' wives to return to tho butter-making arts I which they learned as girls from their mothers and which have been ! largely discontinued as farmers be ! came specialists. j "Fruit is likely to be scarce in large and Important farming regions but its place can largely be taken by vegetable products. Two thingH are clear. In the first place, the average farmer, as it stands now, can not afford lo pay freight on the water which makes up the larger part of both fresh and canned vege tables and fruits. In the second place, under exlsllng conditions he can raise those filings cheaper him self than he can buy them, and he can make many substitutes oul of the garden and poultry yard if he sets oui to do it. He has the ma terial for the crops and he has not the money. It is not good business to run In delrt except for essentials of production." The Department of Agriculture will be glad fo give Information and advice to those who wish to diversi fy their home grown food supply. TEACHERS FOR HOARD MAN HAVE BEEN CHOSEN The election of teachers was com pleted by the board on Saturday, the 21st Mrs. Blanche Watklns, formerly primary teacher in the lleppner schools, will have that work In Boardman, and she will also give piano lessons for the community as desired. Miss Crescenlia Olatt of O. A. C, was chosen to a grade posi tion, and will also do some work in music and art in the grades. Miss Marion Sims of O. A. O, has been chosen for I he Domestic Science and Art and allied subjects together with girls' athletics. As previously an nounced, Guy Lee of Monmouth, will have chatge of the Junior High de partment, and will do some work in orchestra and chorus and assist In junior athletics; H. H. Crawford, manual arts, science and athletics; .Miss Naomi Runner, English, His tory and Algebra; Miss Myrtle Mc Neill, fifth and sixth, and M. B. Signs, principal. ELK INCREASING IN MOUNTAINS According to reports from stock men elk are rapidly increasing on 'he cattle ranges in the mountains. In many instances cattlemen are lerlously inconvenienced by the de predations of the elk as they tear down fences In traversing from one range to another. Efforts are being made to lo cate a house for Mr. and Mrs. Lee, who are to leach In J,he schools next year. Mr. Lee will have the Junior High Department.