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About The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1921)
'HOME SWEET HOME by Earl Hurst O! HO! 1 hatTE -ee ARfc" YOU HOME' YS DEAR iU ye RIGHT OUT IM TRYING ON ; A NW DRESS - i Hope you aiu like it 1 1 , iffJSwH i maim you see.Tnef? L. IS SO MUCH DIFF- i r- tTvwe: ru ritn at-t ER6NCE IN OUR HEIGHT ANO A DRESS LIKE THIS MAKES ME LOOK SHORT AND IT MIGHT MAKE YOU LOOK LONGCRi mm . t 1win The Boardman Mirror Boardman, Oregon PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY .Mrs. Clair P. Iliirter, Lott) Kflitor m i:k . ( !.i: i;i. K, Publisher 2.0Q PjPB YEAH IN ADVANCE Entered an leeond-clMl matter Feb II. 192), at tfi post olllce at Uoard inan, Ore., under act of Mar 3, 1879. statement continued. Ninety pcopie out of each million of population were killed by automobiles in 1918 as compared with ten per million annually from 1906 to 1910. While (daughter by automobiles has thus; Increased, it is pointed out, the safe ty movement in America has appre ciably reduced the number of deaths on railroad and trolley tracks. i map k 4 -9 -n mum noem ( M TItY TOWN BOOSTING Right now agriculture is our big Important problem and it is the pro blem ol the manufacturer, the mer chant, the newspaper and the news paper editor, the banker and I lie general public just as much as It is the problem of the farmer. Agriculture, above all industries, i entitled to constructive publicity. Agriculture is of such importance that we could well afford to consider everything that is spoken, written, printed or painted in the light oi the question, "Will it help or harm our Agricultural Interests; will It benefit the Fanner?" Farming is just about the only l him; that has not used publicity to advantage. It needs boosting. It cannot gel along wit bout it, and si ill keep up with the time. The tar r who can afford to spend a dollar, or if 10 or $100 can not afford not to spend it someway with the community newspaper either by subscribing, or having printing done, or by inserting the "card" of his farm in its columns, or advertising the products he has lor sale In SOme extent, at least, and at the right time. And the pub libber, nn bis side, cannot afford to do a thing less than boost the farm If and the farm products of the country contiguous to hid place or public, n ion. Tin; TOLL of ACCIDENTS Accidents killed more people in the United States In one year than the much dreaded S Courage of can cer, according to a compilation of statistics just completed by the American Red Cross. The toll of ac cident deaths in 1918, the latest year lor which figures are now avail able, was 8.'UI00, the announcement stated. Automobile Fatalities have Increas ed tenfold during the last decade, the MEET "UNCLE JOHN" FOLKS1 Ol' the few men in America today who are writing human interest, homey poetry, Dr. John J. (laines is excelled by none. Quaintly musical, lull of human tone, disdainful of the "hinhbrow", they strike the re sponsive chord that is so charming to the ears of the great mass of American people today. This is the man and this is the poetry that has been engaged to in terest ami entertain our readers thru the AutOCaster service, in which this newspaper holds an exclusive fran chise. We will, therefore, publish a poem, or prose poem, by Dr. Oalnes regularly during the next year. Watch for it. Dr. (laines ('Uncle John') resides and thrives ill Excelsior Springs, Mo., which be describes as "beln' as nigh lo l be center of the earth as you can drive a slake." I'nllke oilier well-known news paper poets, Dr. (laines is country made, country bred, and continues in the country town life. Our read ers will sonn realize that he is one of them a plain American citizen. 1 WITEPSKIE'S CONCERT ORCHESTRA Two concerts on (lie last day by Witepskie's Concert Or chestra, under the direction of Meyer Witepskle. This Chicago organisation is one of the best on ih.' Chautauqua' platform, As nn added feature Olive McCormick. prominent coloratura soprano, win appear as soloist in the evening. I CARVETH WELLS t THE VALDA FOUR Carve th Wells, British lecturer and explorer, will present a great illustrated lecture dealing with the Malay Peninsula on the fourth night. It is a jungle travelogue of intense interest and of real educational value, illustrated with remarkable pic lures of plan) and animal life in this tropical land. A splendid male quartet under the leadership of August Dletze, coach and composer This Fastern singing organisation will present a full concert iii ihe afternoon of the fourth day ami a concert prelude at night. Kntertainers who sing and Singers WOO entertain not a dull moment from beginning to end. Five Days Filled Willi Splendid Attractions EIGHT C0N( ERTS! THREE LECTURES! A Bin Play Production! A. MATHER HILBURN An Impersonator who came out of the Ozarks a few years are and who DM lunched the lop ot hi., profession as entertainer Willi the aid of wigs and make-up he presents characters of all nationalities tor you and makes theni truly live before you. You will long remember ins program on the opening night. MARGARET REYNOLDS CONCERT COMPANY An organisation coached l Mary Adel Hays, noted New York soprano. Headed by Margaret lte nobis, a prominent Eastern soprano. Leslie Taylor, violinist, Is a student of Leo pold Auer. and one of the most brilliant violinists of the young t t generation. Cuy Marrin. i , New Zealand pianist, completes this splendid company. Season Tickets Now on Sale AllT. is. f,00 Stwlenta, ftJMi Child", $1.90, tto War Th. PUZZLE: FIND ONE BIG MAN There's a feller here amongst us that deserves sin eerest praise. There ain't no other citizen more punctious in his ways. He's silent as a crow-bar an' as sober as a jedge an' he fills our blame requirements with a skill that's feather-edge! I know you all will wonder, an' I give you leave to guess the job that holds my hero, ere 1 hasten to confess. As I think still more about it, I'm compelled to state the fact: There ain't no man responsibler, nor one that's better backed. . . . I'd like to overhaul him, an' praise him to his face, but it's mighty hard to ketch him, when lies any certain place! There's nothin' very startlin' in Lis manners or his dress, but he drives our rural mail route, nothin' more an' nothin' less! History of Potato. "The potato entered this country," Dr. Laufer said, In an address before the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science, "not ns surmised by De Candolle, through an alleged band of Spanish adventurers, but In a perfectly respectable manner from Bermuda, where It bad been introduced some years previously from England It Is a prank of fortune that the potato originally a denizen of Chile and Peru, appears ns a naturalized Englishman In Ihe United States. The potato hnd arrived iu England about lfiSG, or a little later." FINE HAND LAUNDRY--Bring me your washing and let me try it. All work guaranteed. Mrs. Alice Dingman. 17-tf SAY SNOWFLAKE iWillllllMIIIIIlIM t WHEN YOU WANT It HEAD. SPECIAL CLEAN-UP SALE Have about 15 odd tracts of land left under the West Extension Canals - acreage runs from 5 to 55 ir rigable on which will name from $11.00 to $18.00 per acre, buyer to assume full water rights, in cluding past due payments. Time given or discount for all cash. Plats mailed on request, and con sideration given to "Realtors." Address: W. R. Walpole, Irrigon, Oregon. lw-3p Let the Mirror print your butter wrappers and help your home paper There's no better bread on the market today than t Arlington Made Bread linked in the sanitary electric ovens of the The Arlington Bakery W. A. BggtatuMn, Prop. ATtlANUTON - OREGON IIHHHIHmMMHt BOARDMAN: The Hub of 83,000 fertile acres under U. S. Reclamation Service. The Gate way to the Great John Day with its 110, "00 acres to be made abundantly' produc tive by your governments unequalled engineering- skill. BOARDMAN: A progressive town of pro gressive people in a wonderfully progressive community, where everybodys slogan is "DO IT." is situated 170 miles east of Port land, Ore., on the Columbia River, the Col umbia Highway and the main line of the Union Pacific Transcontinental Railway. Have you surveyed our community? If you dream of sunshine, flowers, fertile fields and a comfortable home, "DO IT." Now is the time to Subscribe for the Boardman Mirror ARLINGTON NATIONAL BANK -X- CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $73,000.00 x OFFICERS A. Wheelhouse, Pi es. E. J. Clough, Vice Pres. H. M. Cox, Cashier Chas. T. Story, Assistant Cashier x ARLINGTON - - - OREGON W. n. HATCH Real Estate Insurance Legal Conveyances Made BOARDMAN OREGON BOARDMAN Townsite Co E. P. DODD, Pres. City Lots for Sale at Proper Prices MMM Iff M Stanfield, June 21-25 It. X. Si.nntield. President Kalph V. Holte, Cashier Frank Sloan, tst Vice-President M. 11. Ling, 2nd h e-President Bank of Stanfield CAPITAL STOCK $25,000.00 Four Per Cent Interest Paid on Time Certificates of Deposit. Boardman is a New Town But Not a Boom Town Ideally located on railroad and Columbia river, far enough away from any large town to naturally become the trading center of a wonderful growing country.