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About The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1921)
1 WONDERS OF AMERICA ByT.T.MAXEY Uncle Sam Stocks Prison Farm With Prize Herd , Western Newspaper Union. THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE en SillNOBD in 1870 and opened for truffle in May, 1883, this world-renowned structure cost the at (hat-time unthinkable sum of $i5,uoo 000. Its extreme length approxi mates h : le and a half and Its over all width is stl reet. It spans the East river, "which con nects Long Island sound and New York hay between Manhattan Island, on which New York city proper stands, and Brooklyn on Long island, and carries one of the densest and most heterogeneous streams of traffic in the world. The caisson on the Manhattan side measures 102 by 172 feet and the foun dation goes down 78 feet below high water mark, while the tower measures 59 by 140 feet at high-water line, is 272 feet high and contains approxi mately 47.000 cubic feet of masonry, The bridge Is suspended from four cables strung between the towers the calculated weight of the structure and its load being In the neighborhood of 15,000 tons. Bach cable Is made up of 5,290 galvunh.ed-steel, oil-coated wires wound Into a single strand which measures 15 Inches in diameter and is 3, 578 feet long. The center of the river spun has a clear height of 135 feet above the surface of the river at high-water stage. The door space of the bridge Is divided Into five avenues or pa. lee ways the center space being arranged for foot passengv . on either side of which are spaces for trolley tracks, while each outside space Is set aside for the accommodation of vehicular tralllc. PROFESSIONAL CARDS MMiuaimNiflam S. E. NOTSON ATTORNEY-AT-I, AW Office in Court House HEI'PNER - - - OREGON JOHN R. KNIGHT STAN FIELD, OREGON Music Furnished for Dances, Receptions and I'arties. FRANCIS McMENAMIN Lawyer HEIM'NER, Roberts Building. OREGON Thone 043 JAMES D. ZURCHER Attorney-at-Law STANFIELD - - OREGON Will ne at the Highway Inn Wed nesday of each week. DR. DALE ROTHWELL Optometrist and optician Glasses Ground to Fit Your Eyes. Fifteen Years Experience at Your Service. Ainericnii National Bunk Building PENDLETON, OREGON FRANCIS P. ADAMS PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON HEKMIKTON, ORE. Bank Bldg. 'Phones: Office 92. Residence 595. Office Hours 9-12. 3-6. Calls Answered Day or Night. t HH The i Continental Insurance X v Co. of New York t ARTHUR L. LARSEN J Kesiaent Agent X Boardman - Oregon X I Now Have the Agency for Golden Throated" Claxtonola Phonograph Come in and Hear What a Sweet Tone it Has I W M . H . OGDEXt Jeweler to tne whim t T West End. Oregon i X Let us print your butter wrappers. MM BOARDMAN I Dray Line j X Dray Delivery and Livery f at all hours t M. J. DeDEVVEESE 'Phone 1-3 T BOARDMAN, - OREtiON M U i II iHII MP, II . i1 III HUM i i i 1 1 mi i i i i m minim an . Uncle Sara has gone to farming In earnest. It is not experimental work but food production helping to answer the H. C. of L. problem in feeding hundreds of dependents daily The farm idea Is In conjunction with the big tederal penitentiary at Atlanta, Oa., and is being worked out un der the personal direction of War den Fred O Zerbst. The newest addition Is the pur chase of a pure bred Holstein dairy herd comprising 52 cows, 31 calves and 1 bull calf. The to tal cost of the herd was about $13,000 The highest price for cow being $500 the lowest $175. The herd was purchased in Wau-kesha-co, Wis., the selections be ing made from seven large herds there. The biggest purchase was made from the Wisconsin Masonic Home herd, near Dousman. Wis. The herd is doing flue In the southern climate and Is already exceeding the expectations by pay ing for itself In milk production profits In about nine months Thret of the cows have already set a record of eight gallons of milk each per day and promise more. One hundred honor men from the prison are now working the farm furnishing milk, cheese, butter, eggs and vegetables to feed the 1800 prisoners now confined in the big prison. MORROW COUNTY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION CONSTITUTION Article One This association shall be known as the Morrow County Beekeepers association. Article Two The object of this association shall be to promote beekeeping by educational co-operation, or an? other efficient means. Article Three An annual meeting and such special meetings as may be neces sary to carry on the business and promote the objects of the associa tion shall be held at such times and places as shall be determined by the executive committee hereinafter provided for. Such meeting may be called whenever the executive com mit lee deei.u-- it necessary, and must be called whenever one-fourth of the active membership so requests. Article Four The officers of the association shall consist of a president, a vice president, and a secretary-treasurer, and said officers shall constitute an executive committee. The officers shall be elected at the annual meet ing and shall continue in office for a term of one year, or until their successors have been elected and :ualified. The president and the vice-president shall not hold office for more than two consecutive years. Article Five These articles may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the member present, and voting at any annual meeting or any special meeting call ed for that purpose. conduct such correspondence as the president, the executive committee or the association may direct. He shall receive all moneys due the as sociation and shall make disburse ments only upon the order of the president. The executive committee shall have general charge of all meetings of the association, shall arrange programs, obtain meeting places, and attend to such other de bits as may be necessary. Section Four AFFILIATION WITH STATE ASSOCIATION This association shall affiliate with the Oregon State Beekeepers associa tion, and such afliliation having been accomplished shall annually elect the necessary delegates to the said state association. Section Five QUORUM Five members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi ness at any annual or special meet ing of the association. BY LAWS MEMBERSHIP Section One Any person interested in the ob ject of this association may become a member upon the approval by the executive committee and the pay ment to the secretary-treasurer the dues fixed by the association. Dues shall be paid annually, and delin quent members shall not be entitled to vote. Members who are more than twelve months in arrears shall be dropped from the rolls of the association. Section Two HONORARY MEMBERSHIP Honorary membership may be con ferred by a majority vote of the members present, and voting at any annual meeting of the association. Such membership may be conferred only upon persons who have render ed unusual service to the associa tion, or who have attained unusual prominence in the beekeeping field. Only one honorary member may be elected in any one year. Section Till1 DUTIES OF OFFICERS AND E. E TTI VE OMMITTEE The president shall preside at all meetings of the association and of executive committee, and shall sub ject to the direction of the executive committee and the association, direct the educational co-operative and other activities of the association He shall also appoint such special committees as in the judgement of the executive committee or the as sociation may be necessary to con duct the business of the association, and such committee the business of the association, and such committees shall serve until the next annual meeting. The vice president shall perform all the duties of the presi dent in the absence of inability of the latter. The secretary-treasurer shall keep an accurate record of all transactions of the association and of the executive committee, and shall RED CROSS HELPS I'UEBLO SUFFERERS A survey of conditions in the de vastated area, completed July 15th by the American Red Cross, shows that there are 2,025 families in the Pueblo (Colo.) district and 139 families in the La Junta district that need help in varying degrees Most of thfese families have lost their immune, bedding and clothing, and a large portion have lost the houses which they owned in whole or in part. There is now 1800.040 cash in the Ited Cross fund for relief in PlMbio, according to W. Frank Persons, vice chairman in charge of domestic oper ation of the Red Cross. Making due allowances for all supplemental ') funds of a local or special nature, Mr. Persons states, at least 1360, 000 more is imperatively needed If the conditions "and the means of self support are restored to those who have lost all." The lied Cress is in complete con trol of all relief In the devastated area, with a corpB of disaster experts at work, and is continuing the col lection of funds through all its chapters in the United States. AUTOMOBILE CENSUS The state highway department is about to take an automobile cant u in every county in Oregon. So mam automobile owners have neglected to take out a car license, that the highway commission has ordered this census taken. In the census report made to the department, the name, address, sov, driver license number, car license number, make of car, motor number and whether local or tourist care are some of the points of Information to be sent in. Anvone found with out a license, will, of course, be liable to prosecution. that a red headed woodpecker, one ot the busy kind thai builds its nesi in the tops of telegraph poles in the rnesquite country , had become interested In semiphore No. ;!!lfi7. and had pecked away the lead wire to the track relay post just east of the signal. As the block signals automatically order '"stop" when anything hap pens to the mechanism, the leather ed red head successfully prevented the progress of a transcontinental train and escaped punishment. FINE HANI) LAUNDRY- Bring me your washing and let me try it. All work guaranteed. Mrs. Alice Dlngman. 17-U WE PRINT ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY We Print Everything for Everybody ALWAYS AND ALL WAYS 5 3Prtnt Shop When a Farmer WRITES A LETTER What do you expect? That it will be written on a blank sheet of soiled paper that has been rusting on a dusty shelf for months? Not a bit of it. The farmer's stationery is as important as his automobile. He is a business man, and he does business in a business like manner. He may raise hay, but you never find it sticking out of his boots. We print letter heads, envelopes, bill heads, business cards, etc. for farmers. No chance for a correspondent to make a mistake in the name, or in the address, when it is plainly printed on the letter head or envelope. No chance for pur chases to go astray in the mails. The next time you want anything in the print ing line, either come in and tell us what you want, or mail us your order and we will do the rest. MARK A. CLEVELAND STAN FIELD OREGON dS&K Jt d& rifh. AStk. 4fe fet 4k A A Jfe Bk www THE BOARDMAN MIRROR Is the Largest Paper Published in a town the size of Boardman IN THE WOULD! TRAIN hold I B m:ab FL PASO The Southern 7"arlfle company's Sunset Limited, running betw n Stm Francisco and New Orleans was held up the other day by a wood pecker a red headed onp. The Limited was clicking off the miles toward El Paso when a block wlenal ahead dropped red forcin the engineer to ptop and giving the flngman an opportunity to stretch his legs until the nevt clear block showed airnlnst the horizon. No train was in ciirht. Investigation disclosed the fact 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. Send it to your friends and relatives and help interest them in the Newest, Livest little com munity on earth. ' V