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About The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1921)
The Boardman Mirror Boardman, Oregon PUBLISHED BVEHY FRIDAY Mrs, Claire '. MARK A. Cli $2.00 PEH V Harter, Local Editor SVBLANO, PublUhej 10 AH IN ADVANCE Entered us second-class matter Fob. 11, 1981, al the post office at Board man, Ore., under aoi of .Mar. 3, tsf. .n st LI'ITl.H TALK We are averse to talking about ourselves, but we arc a firm believer in advertising, and know 'tho results o!' judicious and well founded publicity. pli those v; bo have the unselfish Interest of itoardman at heart and who aie not Irving to milk the com i Minify for their own good or fori :li aggrandisement of some other In the Mirror you have the only , tedium f liar is for lioardman first, last and all the time. There are no itr- or ands about It. No sops ara flaunted al you to boost some other rtme.nl of your town, nor are you Mirror by Some or place to tho det own promising by grasping superiors and told to make assertions not founded on fact nor based on truth. The Mirror is published in one of he large printing offices of the sta! a going concern that pays Its bills! and is making some money. Until I the time when Boardman is several j hundreds larger in population Hi j No light w bushel. And unless some strange and superior race or place. i here nev r has been an issue oC the Mirror wherein the publisher , i ried to foist some pet theory or II shine if hid,, under ajopinipn upon ;ou all tlial has bee,! printed has but voiced the sentiment t he salient features Of I and hop-.: of your people. any proposition anil the good points of any article are told and empha sized, the merits are apt to be over looked. So, we are going to talk to you a lft lie about your home paper, and call your attention to Its usefulness to the community and why it de servos success. The Minor is on the second lap of its flrst year, and has prospered far and away beyond (he anticipa tions ol .. II called experts . new to the game and ladling In training. No thai there has been any for tune made in publishing the paper - for there bus not. WMtover has been accomplished is due out (rely to the loyalty and cooperation of the Boardman puo- Nolther, is this a cry for felt In the mood to have p. We heart- to-heart talk with you that you are extremely have a self-sustaining l so small a place. Th couldn't be done. But and tell you told For patroi whole about and t boo ths ind w il of lgly helped, 's have begun to have re-c n od a per we an: getting out arkable showlne made In so small a community. If they all knev On Hoard. nan spirit, however, the answer is not far to seek, Don't be misled by false prophets, especially youthful aspirants for fam.e and fortune who are misguided present arrangement Ji the o ily oai that will survive and is the Idea) ar rangement as at present1 worked. There is no dictation of policy ex cept for Hoard-man's interests, nor I is there any ax to grind for some other community. W'e ask you to ;;end In any news you have. Th paper is for the en tire community, remember. We have done well, thank you, the last six months in the face of ihe : lump in business, but there are lots of opportunities for a greater and belter paper. Let's go. HARMON Y, I NDUSTRY, HONESTY, I'UL't.ALlTY In commenting on business and industrial conditions Paul A. Sin shei: ier, vice president of the Mer cantile Trust company, San Francis BO, . hows vision, foresight and an Understanding of our country and it. . rttsre possibilities when he says: 'ihe temporary difficulty of bring ing industry Into its normal rela tiOnshlp, with all that this entails, has naturally created a certain amount of confusion. It certainly do -.-; not warrant the brooding pes sit ilsm which shows a tendency to become fashionable in.certain quar ters. The experience is not pleasant but it is passing, and not a fixed, condition. A country's economic condition is fairl: well leflected in its national credit. The credit of the United States has become the standard of the world. This Is the real baro meter for financial forecasting!, We are inclined to forget all our country has met and successfully overcome. Washington undertook the rehabilitation of a nation rav- by war, whose bonds had been 5 at 25 cents on the dollar, years later they were selling at It was the relief of the prevail eonomic distress of 'ht ..r sell Ftv par Ing tha first cy. He Washington regarded as his duty in assuming the Preaiden 1 1 Is words are worth recalling. hi j F POLICE MAN, lAKEJ-ILHARDWARL AWAY FROM HIM! t I ; ::.fPll;x 1,?: ffl. PRAY GOD FOR DISARMAMENT AN EDITORIAL On Nov. 21, 1918, the Gorman High Sea Fleet sailed gloomily over to En glish shores and surrendered. On that day the supremacy of 'the Atlantic Odan as a naval sea ended In August, 11)20, tho powerful hew Pacific fleet of the American nation sailed through the Panama Canal and plunged into the waters of the vast I ueihc. On that day the Pacific Ocean became the seat of the world's naval pOwer, The most ambitious effort of two centuries to build up a new rub of the seas failed when Germany handed over her droudraughts. It is not to be expected that another European power will again ever try Supremacy in (he Atlantic. There will net be enough at stake. But in the west it is differ, ent. 1 he two shores of the Pacific loom up in the mists of the future with such tremendous potentialities that, if this world is to continue to be vexed bv wars and rumors of wars, at least three nations must of necessity make the waters 01 that vast ocean reek with the smoke of their battleships Either we must have disarmament and the probable peace that goes with SSWiVr1' or uv Amt,1'feans must make up our minds to E:OKMOUS pPTODrrURE OK TREASURE AND HUMAN 1. 1 Ft: during the coming oecadea. It cannot go OH as now. If ths United States and Japan continue the present feverish preparation for war. it will lie war. Declaration of war between America and Japan will he the mere touch of the match. We will never give in, and no more will Japan. The whole World will be dragged in while man, brown man, vellow man, black man. Anglo-Saxon, Mongolian. Teuton, Slav and 1 atin. And don't forget the huge masses of humanity in Asia, masses that can lose millions in the human flesh every w ar and bj lance their losses with the birth rate. II it is fate that the (lame BhouM Mondial. America is not afraid. We will I to the end tor our rights, our birthright and our honor. Hut there is no need of it. The way out is President Harding's Interna tional onference. That conference can stop the mad rush to arms if the peo- HAD nFTTPR iSSr iiS ft? l0. conferees that THEY HAD BE3 LEE NOI ADJOl KN until they iind the route to peace. What can you do to back the President of the United States at this criti cal moment in the world's history? What can you do to save your children and you grandchildren from destruction" At least you can lift your single voire and vou can urge vour neighbors to htt their voices for peace so loudly that they will be heard. j The peonleof every dty.jevery town, every hamlet, every countrvside in America should gather m meeting and nrav for the success of the comine International conference at Washington. Do what vou can to help this good cause along. TfttftttttntntiiMiii unre mittingly exerted, even at the ha zard of former fame or present popularity, to extricate my coun try from the embarrassments in which it is entangled thru want of Credit ; and to establish a ge.i oral system of policy, which if pursued will insure permanent felicity to the Commonwealth. I think I see a path clear and direct as a ray of light, which leads to the attainment of that object. Nothing but harmony, honesty, industry and frugality are nec essary to make us a great and happy people. Happily the pres ent posture of affairs, and the prevailing disposition of my coun trymen, promise lo co-operate in establishing those four great attd essential pillars of public felicity." There will be difficulties, and yet more difficulties, to be overcome, bu' 'ho application of Washington's for mula by ncwverinir neonle will, ns in tho past, work the changrs neces ary to restore economic wellbcing." .MIC. AND MRS. What wonderful thoughts come up when these two abbreviations are printed in a news Item what in tense human Interest these portray". In the country weekly paper, they take the one big place in all items, from the simplest visit to relatives, to the larger matters of human life. "Mr. and Airs."-- the great news it "i.i of the universe, the bringer of jfecollections to the man far from home, who lakes his old home town nper, and reads the items of Mr. I'd .Wis. and lets his mind wander back to the days when he knew the Wl. and .Mrs. in knep pants, and 'hull we say, short skirls. It's the homo town paper where the real Mr. and Mrs. news items iccur and to receive the home ov.ii paper week in and week out ill to know tho great happenings of he. world, tho doings of Mr. and Mrs. 'Subscribe for Your Home Town Paper" Week is the second week in WoTomber, 7th to 12th, inclusive, ir vou don't take the home town paper, ubscrlbe then. If you do take it, rnew your subscript Ion then. ride by contenders for the bucking championship is expected. To the champion of bucking contests goes t lie $500 prize saddle, while to the winner of the all-round cowboy championship goes the $100 Police Gazette belt. Catiline Frederick, the famous screen star, will give each day of the wild horse race a sterling silver bit and silver mounted bridle. Miss Frederick will attend the big show. Tom Mix, hero of a thousand screen adventures, will be her;' mounted on a house provided by t',-' Round-Up Association and attired in full Western regalia. Another dim favorite who will attend is Behf Daniels. The seat sale for the show opens September 7, and already scores of orders have been received. Out-of-lown orders are tilled first, the liound-l'p Association, composed of prominent Pendleton business nun who conduct the show on a non profit basis, having established this precedent out of courtesy lo lis thousand visitors. The association regulates also the price of beds and meals, and no pro iiteerlng is tolerated. Double beds may be had at $2.50, this being the established price for accomodations. Pendleton homes are thrown open to visitors and rooms are listed so that the Round-Cp visitor is assured of comforlahle quarters. Restau rants and hotels will make special arrangements to meet the demand for meals. ? ASSIST IS IN SECURING y MOIIB SUBSCRIBERS FOIl ? Till; BOARDMAN MIRROR. ? THE KIND ACT WILL BE ? ai ;!;:: iathd. The I Cont'nental Insurance Z ! Co. X ' -XT t Jk x oi mew ioi'k ARTHUR L. LARSEN Resident Agent Boardman - Oreg;;n ytHW-KM MMWMM Oregon's Higher Institution of TECHNOLOGY Eight Schools; Seventy Departments FALL TERM OPENS SEPT. 19, 1921 For information write to Ihe Registrar Oregon Agricultural College CORVALL1S CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF. ARLINGTON NATIONAL BANK ARLINGTON, OREGON At the Close of Business on June 30, 1921. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts.. $309, :i58. 05 T Bonds, Slocks and Warrants 76,370.02 Furniture & Fixtures 1.495JK) Other Real Estate .... 30,470.00 ('ash and Due from Banks Interest Earned and not Collected .... . 41,393.83 . 13,337.99 $472,424.89 LIABILITIES Vpital Stock $ 25,000.00 Surplus and Undivid ed Profits 58,017.93 Circulation 12,500.00 Dus to Uank3 1,038.23 Deposits 218,655.00 Hills Payable 19,903.07 Rediscounts with Fed. Reserve Bank 137,310.66 $472,424.89 now is the time to Subscrihe for the Boardman Mirror DIAMOND VACATION FOR MR, FARMER We tlon'l know- hew lim n V tleMnre ire going (o be able lo take a "See 'ng America" vacation this fall after he crops are all in and sold but ii is pleasant to know that the farnr r of at least one section will be in a position to do so. Already I ho railroads havo b on asked to submit figures for a "cross- j nlllHI'v" tril) bv th frtrmnra lltair t vivos and per ha P" o of their .hlldren - who live in tae :t "In hind Empire," which consists of tections of the State of Washing ton, Idaho and Oregon Their lands are of volcanic ash. 20 to 21 tnche leep and tho soil is so rich that it rislda 60 to lOl) bushels of wheal lo the acre year in and year out. Must have be n lots of money in that during the war. and a repre "entative of the "Inland Empire" fanner says thnt there are good pro- j iits in it every year. Anyway, a lot of these farmers are going to make the trip clear to tho Atlantic sea-! ' ostd and back by way of Southern ' California. Every farmer and his wife is on titled to a vacation and we hope more of them will take it if they possibly can. TOM MIX WO ItEBK IUMKI.S Wil l, bi: at t in: moUND-VP a i lines Mighty Easy Riding THE MODERN A. B. C. ALWAYS BE CAREFUL! is Loose Wheels Tightened While You Wait. GAS OILS ACCESSORIES PendbMon. Aug. 25. Fast relay (strings, lively young steers, bucking "bronkn" whose deviltries will try the mettle of the cowboy these are some of the attractions promised for the 1921 Round l'p to be staged in i Pendleton. September 22. 23 and 24. j The events of track and arena give Indication of surpassing those of all former years, for an array of ex- . porleneed cowboys and cowirls.will compete and it is probable that many world's records will be broken. One horse which has been secured from Idaho has thrown 21 succes sive riders. He will buck at the Pen dleiou Round l'p and a spectacular J Expert Guaranteed Repair Work at Reasonable Prices. Service Car Any Time Any Where If Your CAR Is Sick, We Can Cure It. No Cure. No Pay. Boardman Garage