THE BOARDMAN MIRROR VOLUME 1. BOARDMAN, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1921 NUMBER 20. OREGON NEWS NOTES OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS HAPPENING DURING WEEK The annual meeting of the state as sociation of Elks will be held in Marsh field August 18, 19 and 20. The Linn county court has taken steps to advertise for sale $100,000 county road bonds on July 9. Fire destroyed the $12,000 ranch home belonging to Mrs. Lois Gilpin, eight miles east of The Dalles. The Tillamook fair board has decid ed on September 13, 14, 15 and 16 as dates for the annual county fair. The Oregon Wool and Mohair asso ciation now has 1000 members who have signed up for 150,000 fleeces. The Canada thistle is spreading rap idly in Lane county, according to C. E. Stewart, county fruit inspector. More than half a million dollars will be spent in education of approximate ly fiilOO school children in Jackson county this year. Every section of Oregon was repre sented at the firemen's convention, which was held In Corvallis, 38 fire chiefs having registered. The largest class in the history of Oregon Agricultural college was grad uated Monday, when more than 300 students received diplomas. The Hessian fly, one of the worst grain pests that ever infested the fields of Oregon farmers, has made its appearance in Lane county. Twelve carloads of sheep were ship ped from Nyssa to Omaha, Neb., by H. J. Ward and Lem Wilson, promin ent Malheur county stockmen. Some of the wickedest horses in Eastern Oregon are being rounded up for the Cowboys' convention, which is to be held at Ukiah this year, July 4 end 5. Word has been received at Cofvallis by Mrs. Daisy Luton that she is one of Che heirs to the estate of her grand father in New York city, valued at $4,000,000. Contractors for carpenter work, plastering and wiring have started work to finish the Baker natatoriuni. It seems likely the building will be completed within 60 days. The postoffice department has au thorized the establishment of a daily temporary star route service from Medford to Crater Lake, except Sun day, for all classes of mall. A mule at Prairie City sunk its teeth into the leg of young Clarence Porter, son of Allen Porter, and re fused to let go until its jaws were slit and a crowbar applied. The Larkln Green Logging company at Blind Slough has completed the ex tension of its railroad into a tract of about 100,000,000 feet of timber which it is to log in the near future. Eugene Peterson, who was struck by a Southern Pacific train while he was sleeping pear the tracks at a point about a mile north of Gervals, recently, died in a Salem hospital. The Oregon senators have been re quested by the treasury department to recommend a successor to Milton A. Miller, present collector of internal revenue for the district of Oregon. The Shell Oil company of California has remitted to the secretary of state $4710.49, covering the tax on the cor poration's sales of gasoline and distil late in Oregon during the month of May. A. C. Barber, state insurance com missioner, will be reappointed to this office by Governor Olcott at the ex piration of his present term, June 30, according to announcement made at Salem. Mineral rights which have not been assessed for the last five years, can be assessed by the sheriff and should be assessed as real property, according to a legal opinion given by the attorney-general. The Pacific highway from Portland toward Oregon City, which is being Improved by the state highway com mission, has been completed as far as Glenmorrie. This marks the finish ing of two-fifths of the entire project. The following Oregon postoffices have been advanced in the annual re adjustment of postmasters' salaries: Second to first class, Corvallis and The Dalles; third class to second-class, Cottage Grove, Heppner Lakeview, Lebanon and Mllwaukie. Substantial reductions in the cost of foodstuffs since last December were indicated in bids received at Salun by the state board of control for fur nishing supplies, for the suit instiiu tions during the period of July 10 to December 31 of (his year. Refunds of taxes paid on motor fuels under a new law enacted at the last session of the legislature, during the period from March 1, 1921, to May 31, 1921, aggregated $2217.17. according to a report prepared by Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state. Reports of dealers for the months of March and April and estimates for the month of May indicate that the sale of motor fuels in Oregon during that period totaled 11. ?00,000 gallons. bids for the improvement of approx imately 80 miles of road in Oregon -ill be opened and considered at a neeting of the state highway commis sion to be held in Portland June 28 uid 29. The roads to be improved are widely scattered throughout the state. A $25,000 order for canned pears of last year's crop, coming from England, was filled by the Eugene Fruit Grow ers' association. This order was for nore than 5000 cases of the fruit and when filled the warehouses of the as sociation were cleared i ! this product. In every county In Oregon wL i neasures carrying increased salai i s for officials were submitted to the voters at the recent special election they were defeated by decisive majori ties, according to returns received at the offices of the secretary of state. Governor Olcott has announced the appointment of Archie F. Roth and L. B. Hickman of Portland, Walter E. Lees of l a Grande, Leo G. Devaney of Koseburg and Floyd Hart of Medford as members of the state board of aero nautics created by an act of the last legislature. The Oswego Lake Water Power company, which supplies water to the consumers of Oswego, was instructed by the Oregon public service commis sion to improve its water supply im mediately, under penalty of having ihe complaint referred to the attorney-general for legal action. With many expressions of apprecia tion for the treatment they had re ceived, veterans of the Grand Army ef the Republic, and the women of their three allied organizations, bid Pendle ton goodbye Friday and departed for their homes, after concluding their 40th annual encampment there. Construction has begun on the first unit of the Condon-Arlington section of the John Day highway, the first five miles north of Condon. This piece of road, which is to cost $76,000, is being built by the state. When com pleted, Gilliam county will reimburse the state with half the cost of building. There were two fatalities in Oregon due to industrial accidents during the week ending June 16, according to a report prepared by the state industrial accident commission. The victims were Harry E. Eekenstein, warehouse man of Portland, and Frank Joerg, logger of Cochran. A total of 340 ac cidents were reported. Karl Gunster, hoseman of engine 22, was killed, seven other persons were Injun d or overcome with smoke funn'S and property damage estimated at $75, OuO resulted from a fire which broke out In the May apartments, Fourteenth and Taylor streets, in Portland, and swept through the structure from base ment to roof with alarming rapidity. Suspected of being the two box-car bandits who shot and killed J. H. Phil lips, O. W. R. & N. agent, in a gun fight in the railroad yards in Portland, Tuesday night, John Burns, 26, and Dan Casey, alias Patrick J. Casey, were arrested by a squad of city de tectives, railroad operatives and depu ty sheriffs at a hotel operated by Burns. Tremendously decreased costs, cou pled with the unusually abundant grass on the range, will mean as large a profit to central Oregon sheepmen from 18 or 20-cent wool as was gained from the abnormally high prices pre vailing during and for the first two years after the war, Is the belief held by representative Deschutes and Lake county wool growers. Organization of what will be known as the Oregon Cooperative council, was effected at the close of the co operative marketing conference in connection with farmers' week at the Oregon Agricultural college. This is considered by prominent men in at tendance as being the most Important te.p In the history of co-operative or- COrXTRY GIRLS EARN MONEY I PROFIT RECORDS CONVERT TO SECl'RK AX EDUCATION I A MAX TO POCLTRY RAISING When a country girl makes up her mind to get an education the short age of money in the family bank account doesn't necessarily upset her plans. The soil is there and the sun shine, and only grim determination I is needed, with the help and sug gestion of the home demonstration agents, to start the work There are such girls, hundreds of them, and many stories of their fine achieve ments are reported to the United States Department of Agriculture by the home demonstration agents. Five girls living near Little Rock joined a canning club, worked hard all summer, and won scholarships offered by a glass jar manufacturing company and the Arkansas Bankers' Association. Money talks. A home demonstra tion agent of the United Stales De partment of Agriculture in Sheridan county, Wyoming, tells of a farmer who remained unconvinced for five years thai liis wife's dabbling in poultry paid. She has now proved to him through the systematic records she keeps that she can make more money with chickens on 1 acre of land than he can by farming about 90 acres. His wife is now raising chickens on a large scale for exhibition pur poses, and also sells chickens and eggs to the Pullman diner service. Miss Bertha Hoke has returned to her home in Hood River, after a fortnight's visit with the Hands. EIGHTY PER CENT STUDENTS EARN WAY Of the 2 30 students who are gra duating this year from the Univer sity of Oregon, 80 per cent have earned more than a third of their own way during four years of study, according to statements made by members of the class this week. 20 per cent have been entirely self-supporting. Many and interesting are the jobs ganizations In Oregon. Up until June 15, 1921, a total of $916,638.65 had been paid by the state to ex-service men on account of educa tional financial aid authorized under a measure approved by the voters at a special election held In the year 1919, according to a report prepared by Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state. This mon ey was disbursed to 5545 persons at tending 147 different institutions In the state. Complete investigation and partial revision of the system of taxation now in operation in Oregon, opening up of additional sources of state revenue and other proposals whereby real estate may be relieved of at least a small part of the financial burdens of gov ernment and at the same time raise money with which to meet the de mands upon the public coffers, were discussed at the meeting of the so called tax investigation committee held at Salem last week. The 36th annual grand encampment of the Indian War Veterans of the north Pacific coast closed its sessions at Portland with the election of offi cers for the ensuing year. Erastus Morgan of Portland was elected grand commander; G. W. Riddle of Kiddle was elected senior vice-grand con mander, and John W. Kelly of Oregon, junior vice-grand commander, The other officers elected were M. Dickson of Portland, grand adjutant; L. A. Bailey o' Scappoose, assistant grand adjutant, and N. M. Mc Daniels of Port iand, grand paymaster. which have yielded an income to these young men and women while they studied. The hop yards, log ging camps, shipyards, fishing grounds, saw mills, highway con struction, harvest fields, farms, ware houses, and the forest service all have been the sources of pay cheeks Carefully saved during the summer to pay school expenses in the winter. Dishwashing, mowing lawns, pulling in wood, cooking, waiting on tables, sweeping lloors, have been homely tusks willingly and even eagerly per formed by the young men and WO men wearing caps and gowns on the campus this week. A graduate from Klamath Falls t ells how he got up at four o'clock in the morning to do janitor work. A girl from Washington trolled for a'mon in the Columbia. Another girl ba. been a cook for harvest hands. Two young men were oilers on a ship. Another was foreman of a 9,000-aere farm. A girl carried the mall and earned 25 per cent of her own way. Still another girl worked at a soda fountain. The work that will be taken up by these 230 young men and women upon graduation is almost as varied as the tasks by which they earned their way. A huge number will be high school teachers. Several will leach in colleges. Some will practice law. Others will take up medicine. Many will continue their studies for higher degrees. A few have been ordained as ministers and will preach. Banks, life insurance, for eign trade, the d iplomal ic service, architecture, farms. engineering, music, newspaiier. publishing bouses, literature, aerial forest patrol, nurs ing, library work, laboratories, ship ping offices, art stores, and many other lines, will claim the services of those who graduated from Ihe I'niversiu of Oregon on June 20th. LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AND LOVE THYSELF IN THE SAME ACT IF. mail order house never has a bargain NOT FOR YOU, ANY WAY. If there are bargains occa sionally, the thousands of employ ees of the mail order concern get them, they or their friends. Your own home town merchant ficquently has bargains and TELLS YOU about them through the paper you read. The mail order house that re ceives your order doesn't know you from Adam and doesn't care. 1 he home town merchant know you as a neighbor and HE CARES. He cares enough for you and your trade that he goes to the trouble and expense of telling you about his goods and his bargains. He cares enough to carefully show yon his goods. He gives you I hoice among many ; if you don't like one article, he shows you another until you are pleased. Trade at home and you service, choice quality, and as good pr-ces. Trade at home and your money helps your town which is only another word for saying that you help to make your own property or your own job better. BARGAIN! BOARDMAN ANNUAL SCHOOL ELECTION PASSED BY TO SUIT ALL CONCERNED The annual school election passed oft very pleasantly last Monday afternoon, the community making it a regular social affair. The ladies, of the P. T. A. served ice cream cake and lemonade. Almost everyone on the Project Was present to combine pleasure with business. There was very little business to transact, as the stale at torney had decided that the Budge' could not now be voted on. merel hearing the clerk's financial tepor' and electing one director for Hire years, and a clerk for one year. There were three nominations for director; Chas. DllltOD of the West End, C. (1. Blayden of ihe town, and Mrs. Anna Boardman of the P. T. A., who the ladies gave their support, thinking they were entitled to a rep resentative on the Hoard, Knowing she would devote her energies to the work, and expecting her to advocate some needed reforms. But Ihe wo men being in I lie minority ,and so many of the men thinking that a woman was incapable of holding an office of this sort, she was defeated. Mr. Dillon was elected with 86 votes; Mrs. Boardman received 4 4 vites; C. (1 Blayden 14 votes. Mr. Blayden, so we are informed, did not desire the position. Mr. Dillon is a newcomer to this section, and not very well known, but was backed solidly by the people of the Weal End, and if all will give him the support they should, we can expect greal things. There were two nominees for clerk; Mrs. draco Stewart, and Mrs. Claire P. Barter. Mrs. Hurler was re-elected with 74 votes, while Mrs. Stewart received only 44 votes. After Mr Dillon had been sworn in. Hie new board adjourned to the superintendent's room for a regular session. We bad anticipated an exciting time at i lie election; perhaps a rep etition of I wo years ago, but it was a very mild affair, which pleased all concerned. I, ADDIS' SERVED REFRESH' MK.vis on ELECTION DAY The ladies of the P. T. A. served ice cream, cake and lemonade on election day to make a few dollars for their treasury. The ice cream and cake was very popular, and the few cakes left over wen' quickly sold. Around $1S was taken in. FOOD PREJUDICES OVERCOME BY DEMONSTRATION AGENT As the home demonstration agent from the United siates Department Of Agriculture visits the mother to discuss with her certain changes in the children's diet, she is frequently met with Ihe objection, "But Mary will noi t ouch that!" This leads to the application of a little psychology in ihe demonstrations at which children are present. Tin? children may have a taste of any of tin food that Is prepared at Ihe group meet ings. Children will often eat what they see other children eating. At a recent demonstration in Hampden county, Mass., the dish prepared was vegetable soup, kepi hot on an electric plate and served to everyone present. The next day the home demonstration agent called on one of Ihe mothers who had re peaieiily staled thai she could not gel her children to eat carrots. As the agent, entered Ihe homo she smelt carrots and soup and was greeted with: "You see what I got stewin' here? Eva came home fiom your place yesterday with a recipe in her hand, and she said she bad it al school and it lasted good. So I made II for her. If they want It, they can have It." The problem of soup and carrols has been solved in dial home. BOARDMAN HAY GROWERS TO MEET SATURDAY HAS RECEIVED FINAL PAPERS Adolf Skoubo has received word from the county court that Judge Phelps has signed his final citizen papers, While serving In the army ho was hindered in gelling the papers on account of sickness, and when after being discharged, he applied to the court for them he found thai some body bad put in charges against him to the effect that he was an un desirable alien. The (7, S. Department of Labor and also Ihe American I-cglon of Hermlston and Heppner Investigated I be mallei' and apparently found that there was no basis for such charges. MEAT ROUTE FOR BOARDMAN The people on Ihe Project are for lunate In having a meat man from lone, who has established a route here, bringing fresh meal every Wednesday The lloardman bouse wiveH hail him with delight since hot weather came, as so few of the farmers butcher at this time of the year. MEETING FOR CEMETERY The BoardmaO district meeting of the Oregon Hay G rowers' associa tion will be held at the school house Saturday evening, June 25lh for the purpose of electing one director to represent them for another year The general meeting will In- held at Hermlston the following year. The ha growers of the Boardman district tune signed up the major portion of their acreage grown for the Beg) three years. Speculators and foreign buyeJS attempting to transact business out side of the association will in all probability find "slim pickin's" for I ohic t line to come. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and President Harding have both gone on record as strongly favoring such organizations, and if the bills now pending in Congress dealing with iVderal Aid to cooperative or ganization is enacted into law, we may look forward to many more such organizations being formed in the near future, and farm life will lake on a rosier hue than in Ihe years gone by. Hi TOADF AT.HOML! The men folk held Saturday evening at tin cem i rig Ihe matter of a meeting 1 store con a ceineierv We hope a cemetery will not be needed for a long time, but it Is a necessary requisite In lime of need. RABBIT DRIVE PLANNED A rabbit drive is planned for next Sunday for the Mast Side The peo ple are asked to meet al the Mulkey Messncr road and start driving duo east, driving as far as Tom Miller's. following this all will have lunch on the Larson lawn. In the after noon the tines will form again on Hie gravel road between the highway and Urn Brown's corner and drive up Jnuiper canyon as far as King's place. No guns will be tolerated, so bring your clubs. The West Slders have been asked to co operate in this with the pro mise of reciprocity when they wish to exterminate a few thousand of the bunnies Captains of the drive will be Tom Miller and Itay Brown. D i;v tints hold MEETlNGi We understand that there are to be lectures in the Seventh Day Ad vent 1st tent tabernaele every night, commencing Wednesday evening at H I' M , Juno 2'1, and continuing In definitely. The lectures are on pre sent day events and prophesy, com bined with ihe story of "Eden lost to Eden Kcstored " These meet ings are worth while attending. STACKERS COMING TO FRONT MessrH King & Kutznor, on the East End, have constructed a pole derrick slacker to aid in putting up their hay. A number of slackers are putting In an appearance on the Project. Let us print your Butter Wrappers.