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About The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1921)
The Boardman Mirror Boardman, Oregon PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Mrs. Olalre P. Harter, Local Editor MARK A. CLEVELAND, Pnbliahei 13.00 PER YEAR IX ADVANCE Entered M second-class matter Pi II, 1921, at th" post office at BOftl man, Ore., under act of Mar IS' gJVIvV 1921 Sun Mon rue WeO Thu Frt 6at 12 .3 4 5 6 7 89 10 II 12 lei 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2c3 25 26 27 28 29 )0 SIXTY DOLLARS BACH "It will cost $60 apiece for us to run the united States government next year. That la the way the total of 600,00(1,01)0, the anticipated expend iture during the ducal twelve month, figures out $t;o lor every man, wo man and child in the country, Nobody can escape the tax. It falls unevenly, but surely. The man whose income is so small thai he is not assessed by the bureau of in ternal revenue has to pay, neverthe less, in the form of higher rent or food or some oilier convenience or commodity."- Providence Journal. Add city, Country and stale taxes to this and then figure your tax bill. And yet private Industry is criticised for organizing to try and curb the rapacity of the tax boosters and of ficial spender. FRENCHMAN WINS PRIZE BY FLYING IN LEG PROPELLED PLANE f -IggSi iffiBriff smM BEEKHJBPJWU IS DEVELOPING Beekeeping as an oecupation is rapidly developing in Oregon Large commercial apiaries are increasing in size in I hi eastern Oregon, in the lire weed sec tions of southern Oregon, and in the aliike sections of the Willamette valley. Many beekeepers have Incomes of from $1,500 to $4,000 while some have an income from their apiaries which iH more than $10,000, The present prod mi ion of honey in Ore gnn is nearly 1,000,000 pounds. Bee nasi lire is being constantly inrreus M G. Ponlain. Champion French eyefist. has won the honor of being the first man ever to fly For this feat, he has been awarded a prize of 10,000 francs. On a leg-propelled cycleplnno he hopped off the ground in a Paris exhibition the other day, raised three feet from the ground and flew a distance of 35 feet just far enough to win the prize which has been offered so long. d, due in larger areas coining under irrigation. Demand for men trained in bee keeping Is urgent. The department of entomology of the Oregon Agri cultural college has received requests from commercial horticulturists for men trained in horticulture and bee keeping to take charge of their or chards and bees. Large commercial apiaries are also looking for men experienced in beekeeping lo manage their apiaries. THE GROWING TAX BURDEN MAKES RAIN FOR $3,0(10 PER INCH Hack ) the days of the Boston tea party, the term taxation held an ugly meaning for the American peo ple. one hundred and forty-five years later the term taxation is again arousing general public discussion. Every state and every individual Irrigated sections of i is feeling more and more the heavy hand of the lay gatherer. illustrating the enormous tax bur dens of the people, the American National bank of San Francisco has just published a remarkable com parison of cash taken by the various tax-gatherers from people in Cali fornia for the year ending June 30, 1920, compared with revenues de rived from leading crops for 1 9 1 !l as published in the annual report of DIAMOND 1 and Tubes Mighty Easy Riding 3 G AS OILS A (' C E S S 0 R 1 E S Expert Guaranteed Repair Work ut Reasonable Prices. Service Car Any Time Any Where If Your FORI) Is Sick, We Can Cure It. No Cure. No Pay. Boardman Garage Millions of dollars have been spent in the last few years on the perfection of irrigation, which, up until the present time, was the nnly solution to crop production in arid sections. But science is always solving theSe problems in other ways, as In the case of Chas. M. Hatfield, the -Rain Wizard,' who claims to have perfected a chemical apparatus whereby rain clouds are at tracted and caused lo drop their wealth of rain drops. Mr. Hat field has practiced his secret system for 22 years with much success, charging from $1000 to $3000 an Inch for rain. Only recently he Is credited with a cloudburst in the northwest. Press reports did not state whether or not he was paid at the above rate. the San Francisco Chamber of Com merce. "Taxes collected by the state, mainly from corporations $23,014,675 Approximately equal in value to tlie total crop of Apricots $1:1,200,000 Cherries 1,860,000 l'lums 2.580,000 FiE 2,500,000 Olives 2. SOU, 000 $22,940,000 "Taxes collected by in unci pal it ies $46,062,556 Approximately equal in value to the total crop of Apples $12,528,000 1'ears 8.100.000 IVuches 26.!00.tU0 $ I7.02f.0tig "General property tax, collected by counties $59,968,561 Approximately equal in value to the total crop of Oranges . S 4S. 1 611,000 Lemons 12,744,000 $60,913,000 "Special and district tuxes, col lected by counties . ..$28,278,760 A little less in value than the total crop of Prunes $31,200,000 "Federal taxes of all kinds, chiefly income and excess, protits taxes $179,267,565 Apptoxiiuately equal in value to the total crop of Hay $75,680,000 llarley 42,300.000 Wheat 33.323.000 lllce 21.042.000 Oats 5,040,000 $1 77,385,000 "Total taxes of all kinds col lected in year $336,592,117 "The population of California, by the last census, was 3.426,861, and the tax burden averages $98 per an ' mint for each man. woman and child In other words it costs the average ! tsinlly of live persons nearly $500 a year to be governed." The figures 'apply with equal force to several ; western states Is it any wonder there is general dissatisfaction with the tax bill ami a growing demand for lax reduc 1 ion I HE LEADS BATSMAN IN BIG LEAGUES St. Louis ball 'cams may never win a pennant but the fans do not hesitate to boat ot their two star hitters. Last year, George Sisler, of the Browns, lead both big league batters in hitting but this year it is Roger Horusliv. 01 the Cardinals. ho is out in I root f 1 I i Drop in at the PASTIME Candies Koom Tobacco Barber Shop ICE CREAM C. SNIVELY Boardman, Oregon X CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF . J X ARLINGTON NATIONAL BANK i ARLINGTON, OREGON At. the Close of Business on June 30, 1921. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts. .$309, 358. 05 Bonds, Stocks and Warrants 76,370.02 Furniture & Fixtures 1,41)5.0(1 Other Real Estate .... 30,470.00 Cash and Due from Banks 41,393.83 Interest Earned and not Collected 13,337.99 $472,424.89 LIABILITIES Capital Stock $ 25,000.00 Surplus and Undivid ed Profits 58,017.93 "'aiiou 12,500.00 Due to Banks 1,038.23 Deposils 218,655.00 Bills Payable 19,903.07 Rediscounts with Fed. Reserve Bank 137,310.66 $472,424.89 Now is the time to Subscribe for the Boardman Mirror The Highway Inn O. H. WARNER, Proprietor Boardman, Oregon In Connection BOARDMAN AUTO LIVERY "We go anywhere niht or day" WE SELL LAND or show you a homestead. We saw it first, ns show you. Let NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION DBPABTMKNT ok the interior C. S LAND OFTIC1 AT tTTe DALLES, ORE., July 1st, 1921. NOTICE Is hereby given that Wil liam Albert Price, of Boardman, Of ton, who, on AngUSl 2nd, 1916, made homestead entry. No 016333, for W ... SE '4 NW '4 ,W ... N F. ., NW 1 Cnit B), section 20. township 4N, '.ui.iio 2f.E. Willamette Meridian, has tiled notice of intention to make five eur Proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before C. G. Dlayden. 0, S. Commissioner, at Boardman, Oregon, on the 12th day of August, 1921. Claimant names as witnesses: Sam Boardman. of Boardman. Ore. W N Hatch, of noardman. Ore. Frank Partlow, of Boardman, Ore. Paul Partlow. of Boardman. Ore H. FRANK WOODCOCK. 37-41 Register. FINK HAND LACN'DRY Brinsj me your washing and let me try it. All work guaranteed Mrs Alice Dingiuan. 17-tt WE HAVE IT INTERNATIONAL TAILOR MADE CLOTHES FROM $2 4.00 TO $70.0 0 THE ALL WOOL LINE. THE CHEAPEST THE BEST ALSO FULL LINE OF MOHAIR & PALM BEACH J. M. Ballenger, Agent Boardman, Oregon. We are glad to serve you. We also guarantee satisfaction.