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THE
BOAR
OMAN MIRROR
VOLUME 1.
BOARDMAN, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1921
NUMBER 27.
OREGON NEWS NOTES OF PRINCIPAL
EVENTS HAPPENING DURING WEEK
Pear picking, packing and snipping
have begun in the Uugue river valley.
Nineteen fires have been discover
ed in the Siskiyou forest so far this
season.
Fully 2750 tons of pears will be pack
ed by Salem canners during the 1921
season.
Practically all logging camps In
Marion and Polk counties are now in
operation.
Nine marriage licenses were issued
In Umatilla county during July and
nine divorce suits were filed.
Dairymen near Tumalo are consid
ering the possibility of raising fundi
to build and operate a cheese factory.
While bathing tl Wallowa lake near
Enterprise, Albert Weuhnm, 40 years
old, aud Marie Pratt, 15, were drown
ed. Forty-five members of various boys'
and girls' industrial clubs participated
In stock judging contests in Linn
county.
It is estimated that approximately
1000 pickers will be needed in Marion
county to handle the hop yield now
coming on.
A permit for the construction of a
new Oddfellows' building at Salem
has been issued. The structure will
cost approximately $o5,000.
A campaign has been started at Co
burg, in Lane county, to drain 5000
acres of land Tn that locality. Pre
liminary surveys have already been
made.
Three of the leuding primary educa
tors of Okayama. Japan, arrived in
Portland last week for the purpose of
making a study of our common school
system.
The increase in the volume of postal
business handled at Eugene has re
sulted in an authorization by the su
pervising architect of alterations cost
lug 6000.
Distribution of the first 7600 copies
of an edition of 25,000 of the 1921-22
edition of the Oregon Blue Book has
been begun by Sam A. Kozer, secre
tary of state.
Voluntary reduction in their daily
wage from $10 to $9 a day is an
nounced by the brickmasons of Salem
through George Viesko, president of
the local union.
The Cottage Grove cannery has sold
$23,000 of its future pack for this
years and could dispose of a larger
quantity were there a certainty that
It could be delivered.
Floyd Young, weather forecaster at
Davenport, Iowa, has arrived In the
Rogue river valley for a study of the
relationship between the ripening of
pears and spring frosts.
Paving operations into Coquille have
been begun. The completion of this
3000 foot stretch will provide a contin
uous pavement from Marshfield to the
county seat of Coos county.
The China-near east relief campaign
In Clatsop county netted a total of
$1257 cash to be spent in Astoria tor
salmon, while the canneries donated
$1200 worth of canned salmon.
The 21 mile unit of the Pacific high
way between Ashland and the Califor
nia state line has cost $800,000. The
pavement in the mountain district is
16 feet wide and IS at the curves.
During the year ended June 30, 1921,
there were 20,456 claims filed with
the state industrial accident commis
sion under the workmen's compensa
tion act, as against 21,378 for the pre
vious 12 months.
Baker county enthusiasts are hope
ful of securing early action by the fed
eral government on the ThieT Valley
project, which will cost in the neigh
borhood of $4,000,000 and take in
about 40,000 acres.
The entire tonnage of pears control
led by the Oregon Growers' Co-operative
association In the Willamett. . i
Live Irrigon News Items MIRROR WEATHERS STORM FOR SIX
STRENUOUS MONTHS AND STILL GOING
The watermelons are now at their big car of Mr. and Mrs. H. Bohnen-
Umpqua valle; a has been sold at $65
a ton f. o. b. shipping point for No. Is
and $35 for No. 2s.
There has been paid to the secre
tary of state during the period Feb
ruary, 1919, to June 30, 1921, taxes on
sales of gasoline and distillate rggre
gating $1,198,933.83, according lo a re
port prepared at Salem.
Joseph Weber has harvested 7600
pounds of loganberries from a three
quarter acre tract near Creswell thiih
far this season. V. P. Caviness hat
picked 3200 pounds of berries from a
tract a quarter of an acre in extent.
The term of summer school jusl
closed at the University of Oregon is
declared by university officials to have
been the most successful ever held.
There were 342 students enrolled, an
increase of 57 per cent over last year.
W. L. Benham of Portland has filed
an application with the state engineer
covering the appropriation of 300
second feet of water from Clear lake,
Fish lake. Lava lake, Lost lake and
McKenzie river for the development
of approximately 22,500 hu t . power in
Linn county.
Many mills in tho -northwest, which
closed as a result of congestion of
the yards, owing to the inability to j
ship lumber during the seamerfs
strike, are now contemplating resum
ing operations, according to Chester
J. Hogue, acting secretary of the West
Coast Lumbermen's association.
Among the successful candidates for
appointments as second lieutenants
in the regttlat army examined on April
25 are the following from Oregon:
j William Conrade Jones, Salem; Wal
lace Ellsworth Niles, Grants Pass;
Harold Stevenson, Harry Lynch and
j William Orvllle Collins of Corvallis.
Loans and discounts of the 287
j banks operating in Oregon show a de
crease of more than $32,500,000 since
' June 30, 1920, according to a report
i by Frank Bramwell, state superintend-
ent of banks, based upon statements
! rece'ved from the various institutions
at the close of business, June 30, 1921.
With the exception of the Old Sol
diers' home at Roseburg and the girls'
industrial school located in Salem, the
per capita cost of conducting the ten
most important state institutions, has
decreased materially since a year ago,
according to a report prepared by R.
B. Goodin, secretary of the state board
of control.
Following the lead of the city of
Canby, which reduced its street lights
to one-seventh of their former num
ber iu retaliation for the recent rise
in Hie electric rates, 100 citizens at a
mass meeting acclaimed their inten
tion to order the Molalla Power com
pany to discontinue furnishing them
electricity.
The Prescctt drainage district, in
Columbia county, has filed application
with the state irrigation and drain
age securities commission for the
certification of bonds In the sum of
$10,000. The money will be used for
constructing a dyke, installing pumps
and establishing an outlet. The dis
trict is near Goble.
There were two fatalities due tc in
dustrial accidents in Oregon during
the week ending August 4, according
to a report filed by the slate indus
trial accident commission. The vic
tims were Vernon Foster, logger, Gas
ton, and H. T. Lowe, logger, Valsetz.
A total of 428 accidents were report
ed during the week.
At a hop growers' meeting which
nearly every dealer of Independence
and vicinity attended It was agreed
to pay 50 cents a box for picking and
$3 a day for common labor during the
season. About 50uo pickers will be em
ployed in the yards near Independ
ence, and picking will commence be
tween September 1 and 15.
best. The warm weather of the past
week have ripened them even m
the later plantings, and an average
of ten or twelve tons has been moved
out daily. This means a car 'load
each day, but some have been shipl
in car loads. Four trucks and sev
eral touring cars have worked al
most night and day shifts. R. Ii.
Spencer of Hermiston, has extended
his P. F. E. service (Pendleton
Fruit Express) from Irrigon to Pen
dleton and in that vu, helped to
move the crop. F. W. Jordan has
put up a stand on the south side of
the highway opposite the depot and
it is not an uncommon sight to see
six and eight tourists in the shade
eating Irrigon watermelons. W. E.
Alexander has another stand a little
further down the highway, and is
reported selling a lot of the fruit.
Both have large signs out in ad
vance of their slands. At this writ
ing the question is up whether to
continue truck service or begin ship
ping in car loads by railroda.
The third cutting of hay is stan
di "this week and as usual, is heav
nd clean. This should assure a
ood fourth cutting this year. ,
During the spell of high wind the
night of August 7th an extra wes'
bound about 11 o'clock set fires in
several places in this vicinity, ami
had it not been that someone dis
covered them immediately! several
buildings could not have been saved.
The old school buildings had a Bar
row escape as it was.
The ladies of the Ladies Aid so
ciety have purchased a tine piano for
the church to replace the old organ
that has seen its best days. Mrs. M.
('. Wolfe and Mrs. Eva FagorstBOlM
Selected the instrument while in
Portland recently, and are proud of
the purchase.
Pastor Amos filled the pulpit Sun
day, and will continue this until an
other pastor is sent here in place of
Rev J. W. Hood, who has resigned
E. F. Fagerstrom's father and
David E. Lofgren of Portland, are
here this week building an addition
to the house on Lofgren's property
at the ferry landing.
Mrs. E. H. Knight left for To
ledo, this state, Saturday night,
where Mr. Knight has a position.
They expect to make their home at
that place in the future.
Mrs. H. C. Wolfe and daughter,
Basel, returned from Portland Wed
nesday. Glen remained to visit his
grandma for awhile. Mrs. Wolfe
had the pleasure of returning In the
kemp, of La Grande, school mates
of Mrs. Wolfe.
Mrs. J. C. Stockdale and daughter
of Echo, were guests at the M. IB.
Doble home for a few days last
week. Mrs. Stockdale was on her
way to Mayville, where they expect
to make their future home.
C. L. Smith (Farmer Smith) of
the O.-W. R. & N. agricultural de
partment, and L. A. Hunt, manager
for the Oregon Hay Growers associa
tion, spent a lew hours in Irrigon
Saturday on business, and had a
cantaloupe and melon dinner with
Mr. and Mrs. Seaman. The New tr
ligons were also served and pro
nounced in the lead of the class. Mr.
Smith was glad to hear of our suc
cess at killing rabbits, and urges us
to continue the work. He reports
experimenting with a similar formu
la some 21 years ago near Coyote,
which proved very successful. He
adds that a little Anise oil might
not go bad to add to the formula
and says he has found it to be very
necessary to add to this same lor
aula in poisoning pocket gophers.
For the gophers, the poison should
be put in the gopher hole in the
ground. Simply shovel out enough
dirt to find the lead and place the
dick, covering same up again with
ixception of small end sticking out
o they can be found and removed
when desired.
Mrs. 0, W. Benson, son Charles,
and daughter, Hernice, arrived via
auto and ferry at Patterson Monda
norning from Walapo, Wash, for a
tew days visit with friends in Ir
rigon. They had the' pleasure to
ireak down and camped in Merrill
E. Doble's melon patch over night.
They report the melon's ripe.
MOLD YOl l HAY SHORT
AGE IX U, S. AND CANADA
The Oregon Co -operative associa
tion is writing to its members to
hold onto the hay crop. Any sale
under $13.00 a ton is a poor sale.
The government bureau market
reports a shortage of hay all over
Canada and the United States of
50,000,000 Ions. The price should
be higher, considering the cost. Ar
rangements are competing for a
state loading point inspection.
The directors are considering the
cost of bailing, $2.50 being offered
Contract of the association is being
taken up.
Send in what news you have.
BROADWAY STAR JOINS NEW POST
I '" fejj tt J' " "T.l
Of lawful ago and well recom
mended is the BOARDMAN MIR
ROR now, this week being the 2 7th
issue, or one week more than six
months it has been issued. When
any newspaper has been published
continuously for six months it
reaches its majority and is legally
recognised as a regular institution,
entitled to publish legal notices of
any kinds and is considered a going
concern by foreign advertisers.
All homestead notices in the vic
inity of Boardman can and must be
published in the Mirror now, and
any other legals may be print d in
ibis paper.
In all the six months time the
Mirror has never been late in reach
ing its subscribers, and it carries
the distinction of being the lai gest
all-home print paper -in the world
in A place the size of Itoardman.
The publisher Is extremely grate
ful for the fine cooperation he has
had from the people of this com
munity and we hope he has merit
ed it.
We have tried to give you a bet
let paper than any other small com
munity has, but the Mirror is not
yet all we hope for it to be and know
it will become.
ll has, however, survived the
stringent times and is healthy and
st rong.
When it was started we only ask
ed for subscribers lo pay six months,
assuring them lhat we would make
a go of it. Now, the six months are
up, and as we said once before, mir
rors must be well silvered to func
tion properly. Hence, therefore and
accordingly, we will not feel at all
averse to receiving renewals right
away if you have the change handy.
MARK A. CLEVELAND.
Frank Tinney, noted stage comedian, is now a member of the A'nicii
can Legion, having joined the I' W Galbraith. Jr. Post in New Yoik.
He was a captain in the army. Incidentally, the F. W. Galbraith. Jr.,
post is a new post recently oryanued by men from the American Legion
News, New York City.' Posts .ill over the country asked to be chartered
as the I W Galbraith. r . Post but the New York organisation being
closest to headquarters, had its application in first aud won the coveted
name
HAY GROWERS GET
DOWN TO BUSINESS
The Oregon Co-operat ive Hay
Growers have opened an Office in the
hank building in Hermiston which
was formerly occupied by the West
em Land and Irrigation company,
the office being opened the first of
this month.
The first tangible result obtained
by this organisation was the secur
ing from the State Public Service
Commission the agreement to ap
point local inspectors to pass upon
grades and weights of hay. The
farmers have wanted this a long
time, but it is now an assured fact.
Every shipping point provided with
adequate weighing facilities win hi
eligible for this inspection, accord
ing to the association manager, L.
A. Hunt, and it is planned to ship
every ton of association hay under
this inspection.
Questlonalres are out now and as
soon as they are returned from the
members, the association expect In
advertise for bids upon the baling
of association hay. They have re
ceived several offers from outside
balers Offering around $2.1)0 per
ton, but hope to arrange for the work
with local balers. In letting Ibis by
contract there are several Items
where a considerable saving can be
secured for the baler. No consider
able movement in hay Is anticipated
for this month altho numerous in
quiries are being received from out
side people The association is try
ing lo revive (he price a little which
has seriously willed during the hot
wreathe? and is now quoting hay at
$13.00 F. O. B This week Inquiries
have been received from the Atlantic
Seaboard for prime alfalfa hay. The
dealers stale there is a heavy short
age of hay in lhat territory and hay
is now being shipped via the Panama
Canal from California, and a heavy
eastern demand is anticipated for
prime hay. These orders must be
handled in large lots, anil in bales
of special weights but the large ton
nage available to the association and
tin- supervision of the baling will
make it possible for the association
to handle the business.
An attempt Is being made lo He
cure a reduction in freight rates for
regular Shipments, and a special ef
fort is being put forward toward
getting an off-shore rate for ocean
shipments of hay.
Dan Barlow of Heppner, who as
sisted In organizing' the Oregon
Brain Growers, is now assisting the
Hay Growers and explaining their
contract to the farmers. The Board
man section which he has jiiHt finish
ed canvassing has the highest num
BOARDMAN TO HAVE
CEMETERY PROPERTY
An opportunity has been given Ihe
people of Boardman to get an at
tractive site for cemetery purposes.
The N. P. railway offers 21 acres In
section 9 between the railroad and
Ihe river, this side of Messner sta
tion, al $2( per acre. A payment of
$70 is required at once, balance in
live years. It is desired to raise this
ftrsl payment at once by contribu
tion. To hasten matters it has been
thought best lo use the name
"Rlvervlew Cemetery", and Leo Root
has consented to act as temporary
president and ML B. Signs as tem
porary secretary until a permanent
Organisation can be effected. The
ailroad people want Immediate ac
tion, so please contribute all you
can do to help this good work alonr,
You will (ind the lists at the postof
llce, pool room and both stores.
MltS. BOARDMAN VERV
PLEASANTLY SURPRISED
Mrs. Boardman was very much
surprised Tuesday morning by the
Unexpected arrival of her brother,
John Hawkins of Osborn, Missouri,
and his young son. The brother and
sister had not seen each other for
thirty years, and when ihe asked
for a "hand out" Ihe other morn i nr.
she very kindly informed him lhat
thON was a hotel here. Mr. Hawkins
will remain a few weeks, and then
go lo Colorado to visit other mem
bers of I he family.
BOARDMAN PERSONAL K LOCAL
Mrs. Hadley of Bardman, arrived
here Tuesday and Is visiting with
her brother, Frank Cramer
A Mr Scot l of Missouri, an old
acquaintance of Jess Ixiwer, Is here
looking over our project. We under
stand that his object is investing In
property on the project.
Mr. Sturm of Beaverton, Is hero
visiting with his old friends, the
Fleck ingers.
oil. EXCITEMENT HT1LL ON
The excitement over the oil fields
south of town Is steadily growing.
Some of the ranchers seem lo be
afraid that the flow of nil will Injure
their alfalfa fleldH and thus cut off
their source of Income. Don'l worry,
Harry; there are other ways of earn
ing a living besides Kising alfalfa.
her of members of any district so
far, numbering already past forty
and still coining In.
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