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About The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1921)
C sd 1 a c J Vaughan Keyea returned last week from the harvest Holds. Wedding belli are ringing. We will he permitted to give the rest next week. H. Murchie la doing the finishing work on the interior of the A. T Herein) home. ai ftturcbfe and wife of Wasco. are al the hOBie pi their daughter, sirs. J. 0. Rallenger. Mr. and Mm. Brtcfl Dillabaugh left here Tuesday via the Ford for a short pleasure nip to Portland. Mr. Skovbo, the hee man from Hcrmislon, was here the past week wilh his portable bOney extractor. Mrs W. H. Stewart went to Pen dleton Tuesday, leaving Mr. Stewart and Kay to batch for the rest of the week. ra Merger was very happily sur prised Wednesday by (he arrival of his brother, C. B, JJerger of Waynes- horo, Penn. Bylvester Attebttry entertained his Bar neighbors Friday evening by a bountiful supply of the "seasons re freshments." Sam Shell and wife spent most of this last week al the BOO Mitchell ranch, having a good lime eating wa termelons, (lio. Agee and cousin have moved to Irrigon for the winter, and Mr. Roaenburg, the hay buyer, has mov ed into his house. Mrs Mulkey, who has been visiting Willi her mother in Southern Ore gon for the past summer, is ex pected hack Ibis week. 4 Mrs. C. Snively returned from Ileimislon Tuesday, al which place nhe has been under Dr. dale's eare. She seems much improved. C. 0, Blayden went to Heppner last Saturdu) wilh I wo prisoners who had broken into an O.-W. It. & N. freight car al Messner. Mr. and Mrs. U M Morgan and son. Millie, and Mrs. ('. P. Hurler, motored lo ICcho Sunday to visit with the N. A. Mleakneys. Mrs L, A. Hadley, who has been visiling al the Prank (Cramer and Karl Cramer homes, returned to her home in Hardman lasi wet i Mr and Mrs McKeynolds of I'ilol llock, were week end visilors at the Macoinhcr home Mis. Mrltcv nold Is a sister of Mrs. Macomber. We hear thai Will Finnell has al last purchased a Universal car, and is planning on taking all his friends Joyriding, providing of course it will run. Mrs. ('. V. Mow ol Astoria, is visiling with her son, A. V Mow and family. Mrs Mow owns several apartment houses in the lower L'ol umliia cilv. 1. M Morgan, ol the lloardmnn (image, has painted a large while sign with black tellers to be used as a guide lor I lie tourist lo our camp grounds. Sain Shell left Wednesday for Portland to consult a specialist in regards to his eyes Mrs Shell will viii with relatives in Umatilla dur ing his absence Mrs. Kd Miles relumed this week from Wallowa, where she was called owing to the serious illness of her father She left him greatl Int proved In health The Misses Fthel Itroyles. Ilelle Packard, Prances lllaydeu, Kla and Jessie I Van rode horseback to the bayou Friday for a picnic dinner and spent most ol the day swimming. The house of Mrs. Klillua Sher man is now ready for the plasterer, and the nun are working on the Warner little bungalow The) will be added Improvements to our town Messrs Mulkey, King and Kut.iier motored to PmatllU Momla after fruit, and incidentally went on lo Hen on and interviewed Mr Hunt, the Hay Growers' association man Mrs. Carrie C nines of Portland, la visiling with her old friends, Mex daiue.s Ida C.arrett, W. 11. Mefford and Ii obel i Wilson Mrs. Caineo and Mrs Wilson were former schoolmates. Geo, Snively and wife and Will Snively of Madras, stopped over all day Ibis lasi week to visit wilh their brother) Casper Snively, before leav I ing for an extended trip to Cali fornia. A moonlight dance on the waters will be given next Saturday night on the new ferry boat. All will be made welcome. Bring your cake and we win furnish the poffse. Be sure lo come. Mrs, Gladys Gibbons and daughter, Norma, returned home Friday from Portland, wherj they have spent the ummer. Mrs. Gibbons obtained great relief from ha fever while in Portland. Arthur Mefford returned Tuesday from California, where he received his discharge from the Navy. Mr M- tl'ord would have been here 24 hours sooner if he had not been di teined In Portland, Mrs. c. c. Blayden returned Mon day morning from a three week's rlsll iii New Plymouth, Idaho, where she wenl on account of b ! daughter in law's serious Illness, Although much better, they have DO hope for her recovery. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Finnell were surprised Wednesday afternoon by the arrival of Mr. Finnell's parents, Mr, and Mrs. I!. C. Finnell, of Pot latch, Idaho They had been touring the western states, and slopped over for u short lime on their way home. John Hawkins and young son left Wednesday tor Portland, where they will visit for a short time. After a short sojourn there they will go on to Colorado, where another stop will be made with relatives, from which place they will leave for their home in Missouri, Mr. Hawkins is a bro Hur of Mis Sam Hoardman. Alter Sunday school and church Sunday Ihe Messengers and Johnson.-! traveled eastward until they reached the Fliekiuger ranch where Mr Flickinger was pleasantly sur prised by well tilled tiaskets, which included ice cream and cake. With the addition of Mrs. Flickinger's artful Cooking a most bounteous spread was enjoyed by the lifteen present. The Mallengers plan to leave next week for their new home Bear Eu gene. Their guests, Mr. Mallenger. Sr., and Mrs. Flla Mallenger, father and sister ol (Maude Mallenger, will accompany Ihem lo their new home and visit awhile longer before re turning lo ihe Blast, Mr. and Mrs. Murchie leaVS soon for a motor trip lo California, and came up for u brief visit with their daughter before their departure, NEAR TRAGEDY I'lie ending of what hail been "A Perfect Day" was tilled wilh disaster last Sunde lor al least twelve per sons, and lei I the Messner depot with only one telegraph operator geiit Me.id on the joh. A crowd of Messner people en gaged our reliable navigator, Capt. c,eo. Mitchell, to take them picnic- ing on Blaloch island. All went inert') as a marriage bell cool weather, jolt crowd, plent) of eats, and line swimming and fishing, un til about four o'clock, when the storm commenced ah hurried to Ihe boat io come home, they arriving within about (went) feet of the shore when the boat was caught b the wind and in spite of their combined effort:! nt tn oars was blown out in lo ihe middle of Ihe river. The wind blew, the White caps roll ed, women and children cried, men yelled and cursed at each other, and it n said thai even the redoubtable captain turned pale and big drops of water rolled down his cheeks. Almost a panic ensued The) were at last blown to Bis lo. k Island, and a landing was made where the pienieers bad to st.t) for the night They built a the, and like the red man of yesteryear, made a tepee of willows and with one tarpaulin and a few abbreviated bathing suits pre pared lo be as comfortable as pos sible, (if course there was not much comfort with tweho in one bed, but the) made Ihe best of the occasion About four o'clock the following UOraing the wind went down and it was -iii,' to return. Those in the party were Mr. and Mrs Dayartag, Mr and Mrs. llobby Smith and baby. Mr and Mrs. Karl Harper and three children, and Mrs l.lndsle) of l.os Angeles. California Mr Doerlng t second trick oper- j ator, Mr. Smith, third trick operator, and Mr. Harper is night coal shifter, all of Messner. MARY'S LAM' Our M:ir Ann's a-takin' "Voice." whatever that implies - She takes it in ihe city, v.iiar everybody's -wise . . . I don't regret her tak in it. nor wish to raise a fuss, but I haw grown suspicious of the stuff she hands to us. She used to sing the good, ol i .songs an' tackled new ones, too, an' everybody listened till she'd sang the lasi one through. We understood ihe words she said, whic h made our hettrtS rejoice,- but that's before Our Mary Ann had went to takin' Voice. I reckon that the screech-owl is a song-bird in his way, and puts thai doggone trentulo in all he has to sav' . . There's nothin' to ii but the tune, and even that is raw jes' " ah yali-yah-yah-yah-yah-ee! o, yah-yah-yah-yah-yah-yaw-w-w) ! : " A wiggle may be handy, or be the proper thing to exercise a puppy's tail, or e'en a liver's wing. Mm wher they wiggle harmony, until it goes io rack, I wouldn't mind 'em takin' voice. 1ml I Wish! they'd send ii back ! DEER Is PLENTIFUL That deer hunting this fall will be excellent in Umatilla county is the belief of sportsmen who have been in the hills and mountains dur ing the past two or three weeks. Huckleberry gatherers have report ed seeing deer in large numbers Sunday Dan Bowman saw four bucks Reports from other sportsmen broi the number seen yesterday up to nine, six of this number being bucks and three does. Grouse and pheasants are also plentiful in some localities. The deer season does not open un til September 1. At that time the aimroda wilt also have the privilege of going after grouse. Pheasant season opens Oct. 3 and lasts for but one week, the seaso;. ending on Oct. 10th. The limit is the same sls for grouse, except that no more than two female pheasants may be killed in seven consecutive days. PENDLETON ROUND! P IX THE MAKING Pendleton, Ore., Aug., 17. Sept ember 7th is the date set for the opening of the seat sale for the 1921 Round-Dp, to be staged in Pendle ton September 22, 23 and 24. Al ready demands are pouring in to the Round-Up headquarters and Ihe number of advance orders is unpre cedented in the history of the big show, A section in Ihe grandstand and three boxes have been ordered by the Oregon Journal for the 300 Quests who as members of the an nual "Journal Special," will visit the Round-Up. Contracts have been closed by the Round-Up Association with Charles Irwin, who will be here with 20 cowboys and cowgirls and a siring of fasl horses. The famous Parsons rilling of race horses and those own ed by Eddie McCarly will be here also. Yak and Kitty Canutt, Frank McCaiTOll, Prairie ltose and John Judd these and other celebrities of i rack and arena will compete in the events for cash prizes and trophic which make up the greatest prize list ever offered. Resplendent in hand carved russet leather and trim tulngS of silver and gold, Ihe $500 -addle is awaiting the champion., of the bucking contests, while the $100 Police Gazette Melt wilh its solid gold engraved buckle will go to the champion all-around cowboy. An array of nationally known per sons will sit in the grandstands at the twelfth annual show. Among those expected are A. Phimister Proctor, sculptor who recently coni pleted an equestrian statue of Roose velt which is to be presented to the city of Portland by Dr. Waldo Coe; Verne H. Porter, editor of the Cos mopolitan; Mary Roberts Ritiehart, well known author, and Hebe Dan- . iels, popular screen favorite. The Round-Dp is purely a community af fair. Conducted on a non-profit basis ! by the Round-Up association which is made up of prominent Pendleton citisena, and as such it attracts thou sands of visitors. An additional attraction this year which will be of interest to ranch ers of the northwest is the North v si Grain and Hay Show to be held in Pendleton during Itound-Cp week. I The show is open to the public and a K.e(i premium list, the greatest ever offered for such products in the northwest, is attracting the attention of wheal and hay growers. ANOTHER oil, OOMPANI A. J Rtseling of Los Angeles, who is here to visit his brother, George, has decided lo stay and will assist in the securing of leases for another oil prospecting company. Mr. Ilisel Ing has been in the oil game in Cal ifornia and says he knows whereof he speaks when he says it looks good lo him around here. He is willing to give the Held a good tryoul, and says he will bet his bottom dollar that Ihere Is oil struck in this vici nity Bt an held Standard, FIRE OH HI ITER CREEK About 12 o'clock Sunday nighl a SO-ton stack of chopped hay caught on fire on the Helstand Moore ranch on Mutter Creek, and was entirely destroyed The F. E. Manney chop ping crew bad finished the stack at about I o'clock in the afternoon and moved the machine to the barn, in order to be ready to move to another ranch nearby Monday morning. It is not known how the fire originated. The high v Ind of Sunday Bight made It impossible to lighl the fire with any effect. Stantield Standard. CH vs. it xi:m:s to he l WITOR FOR HCHOOI, Charles Matties has accepted the position as janitor of the Community school here. An bur Levy, who has been temporary janitor for the past summer, will leave shortly for Kel so, Washington ( I I V DADO DO NTRJCET WORK The City Dads cot to work Miunkn and wild the assistance of Ihe rest of the male population cleaned Main street of all large rock, rubbish and weeds Now we are quite proud of our city council, and hope they will keep the good work progressing "oi l) MAIDS CONVENTION" Don't forget that the Ladies' Aid will give the "Old Maid's Conven tion" in the near future. Save all t lie loose pinnies so as to be prepar ed to attend. n N GROWERS FAST SIGNING CP The Hay Association Is rapidly as suming rorm About 95 per cent of the hay growers of this vicinity have signed up. and it is thought that the ret will soon be in line also Irrigon is in about the same position, and Hermiston is lining up as fast as the organizer. Mr. Harlow, can get them. the coast, having motored via upper Washington country and back I his way. Mr. McAfee is engineer for the Government highways in Montana, and Hi inks we have nice roads and Ihe right ideas about constructing highways and ferry systems. The best of all however, was the water melons, cantaloupes and Ihe musk inelons on which they 'feasted during their stay with us. Miss Wilms GrllWOld and Miss Mildred Pailerson of Kelso, Wash., Who have been here visiting their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Chancy, and oilier friends, returned to their homes Tuesday. Mrs. Loona Lister of Portland, who has been visiting with her mo- mer, Mrs. Clias. Dempsey, left on i No. 1 Tuesday. Mrs. II. T. Walpole and son, Rob-I arti lefl last week for Portland audi ; be beaches, being joined by Mrs. j Etna Walpole at The Dalles. Ralph I Walpole lefl a couple of days before ind look his camping outfit along and intends to take in all the beaches. M. E. Doble shipped a car load of watermelons to Condon last Thurs day, and is loading another at this writing. The trucks we're not able to handle the entire crop and more distant markets had to be found. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Johnson of L.i Grap.de, spent. Tuesday with Mr. ami Mrs Seaman on their way back from Ihe coast. They have been on a month's vacation and outing, having taken in most of the beach resorts. They were very much surprised ,n various things raised here, particu larly the melons and cantaloupes. Everybody is busy these days. The regular meeting of the Commercial Club the second Friday in each month was completely forgotten, The secretary and the president fail ed to make their appearance. Don't forget the regular meetings come on the second Friday of each mom ti now, and we must meet in September. Drop in at tlie j, PASTIME ( 'andics Pool BOorn X Tobacco Barber .shop 4 ICE CREAM T C. SNIVELY Boardman, Oregon X M "t"HM.... 4 4HI m f M I I I I 1 11 1 I Hrf H Highway Inn 0. H. WARNER, Proprietor Boardman, Oregon In Connection BOARDMAN AUTO LIVERY "We go anywhere night or day" I WE SELL LA N D or show you a homestead. We saw it first. Let us show von. LADIES AID Mt:i)T ix CHURCH The Ladies' Aid met in the church Wednesday at their regular meeting. The missionary topic was in charge of Mrs. A. T. Hereim, who selected China for her subject. A very plea sant, surprise was in store for the ladies present, who were served mosi delicious ice cream and wafers by Mrs. Ayres, who brought a two-gallon freezer full, and since Ihere was not a large crowd present the por tions wi re exceedingly generous and enjoyed by all. Mrs. Dean of Seat tle, slater of Mrs. Jenkins, who Is here visiting, was preseni. The coining play was discussed and pans assigned, so lie prepared to see Ihe old maids become beautiful young ladies. Wat h for the wonder ful ramodeleecope. It is planned to bold the play within two weeks, The date will lie anr.ouncad later. DUUGON NEWS ITEMS The haystacks and barn togethel with three l.e.d of horses and colt belonging to D. II. Hesscock burnt I up Friday morning about 10 o'clock. The buildings Were on the river hank some three or lour hundred nrds from the boase and the blaze was not rot iced until the barn was almost gone. (. tie of the horses broke loose bill was so Minded, it ran hack into the tire and died short ly afterwards. The origin of the fire Is a mystery as no one had heen seen about the place and Mr. Hesscock had not been near the place since milking the cow early in the morning- T"i' loss is heavy on Mr. Hess-j cock as he carried no insurance. 1). S. Harlow of Heppner. spent a couple of days about Irrigon last week, listing up the few remaining j ones in the Oregon Ha) Growers As sociation. He made a clean-up job' of the work, having listed practical ly every ton available in the district. Mr. and Mrs. Bert McAtee and daughter of Missoula, Mantana. were I guests of Mr. and Mrs. T Grim and sons a collide of das last week. They were on their way home from FINE CANNING PEAKS now ripe. 11.60 per 40 lb. box. V. A FOIID. t'malilla. Oregon. 2T-2t Send lu what news ou have. Fire! Fire! lUliilllli'illilllllllllUllllllllllll ':';,..iii,iii WE NEVER THINK that WE NEED FIRE INSURANCE until IT IS TOO LATE. -x- PROITT BY YOUR NEICHBOR'S LOSS and INSURE NO W . -x- STAR INSURANCE COMPANY of AMERICA. Liverpool & London & Clobe of Liverpool, England. J. C. Ballenger, Agent Boardman, Oregon.