Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Fllckinger en
tertained the Messenger family for
dinner on Sunday.
4
S. H. Boardman haH been confined
o the house for a few day:i owing
to an attack of the grippe.
Miss Wilma Oilbreth, member of
the senior class of the Boardman
high school, has returned from a
short visit to The Dalles.
Calkins to
nine.
The Boardman eh
increasing its out put
face ihe necessit
capacity. The l
about ready Coi
can be disi rihni
i, . . .. . ., ., u it ti rii
ENGINEER'S CONTRACT 1 AIR
IN JOHN DAY SURVEY
C. C. Clark of Arlington, attended
upplemem me siryen- uie nearing in renuieion 01 ine case
of the Northern Pacific Railway and
certain landholders vs. the first board
of directors of the John Day Irriga
tion project on the charge of de-
of enlargement of , frauding the district. Mr. Clark
;l piodud Is now says fraud, w'as not proved and is
t' thus iiuoled by the Arlington liulle-
ese factory is
and seems to
d
llv
th
P
intiff rested
proven any
we are in need of
you have an item ot
send It in. Kvery
vou'll see our paper
Please folks
more news. If
interest please
one boost and
grow.
The grades of the school that miss
ed their Christmas treat OWing 10
the sudden cessation of school on
account of Ihe storm just before 'he
holiday vacation, had them ft idny.
W. A. OoodWifl relumed to Hoard
man Tuesday, after several months
absence. He has beefl in Portland.
Mr. Goodwin is crippled up on ac
count of a Tall on the icy walks in
Portland.
Al the annual election of the West
Extension Irrigation District for the
purpose of choosing one director for
the term of three years, C. IS. Glas
gow of Irrigon received the unani
mous vote of the Boardman precinct.
Mr. and B
tained at din
who enjoyed
Mr. and Mr;
tie pie;
. Tom
is. Nizer e
Sunday. 'I
sant affair
Hendricks
nter
'hose were
and
Do JT0U know that this is the first
time in many moons that there have
been three vacant houses al one time
In our town? Usually it is Imp"
llble lo gel a house al
ll 'i-man Sellers, a boy who makes
his home with the Hendricks family,
.Miss Myrtle McNeil and Opal
Wagner,
Geo. Mefford and family are re
mining to Lexington, where Mr.
Mefford especti to work on the high
way. This takes Vesta, one of the
promising members of the primary
clasi from our school, and the schoo1
and community regret the necessity
which can. i s ihe change.
Miss Hi Me '. Bunge, county healtl
nurse lor M01 row county during the
pASl 1 i x weeks, has been called to
Seattle OViOg to illness in her fami
ly. Her place has been laken by Mr:
Johnson last year public health
nurse for Wallowa county, who 1
continuing Miss Bunge'l work at Ir
rigon and Boardman this week.
After the game ai Errlgea Satur
day night a few of the young peopli
but now i went over to Duncan's and enjoyed
raud or cause for action in the evi
ence submitted by them and upon
notion of the Defendants that the
ase be dismissed, I hey were ent itled
:o It
wen
dism
Defe
betw
i- Le
P
11 of r
:li I '
is the Hoard of Directors
tied, but as to the settle
11 ihe District and En
s the Judge refused to
ase at that time and the
ceeded to submit their
ent engineering men of the
ared as witnesses: Mr. Ne
irtland, who was prominent
alumbia Basin l!ate case;
d of the John Day, and Mr.
of the North Unit of the
Deschutes, Thesi
in their evidence
ibleneis of the ct
'loard of Directo
MWU. and were
the Roots, Paynes, ami
ner's houses are all var a
Miss Kun- ' a
th
Tin
h
I ! br"l h.
school athletic association oiatt.
presented a three reel comedy en- !'Vle '
titled "A Duke for I Daf" for Ihe ford,
benefit of the treasury, The basket Ralph
ball team has been roundnig Into
shape and met Arlington last Friday
night and Irrigon Saturdnv night,
d Mefford, Caryl Signs, C
Fdna Broyles, and the Messr.
layden, Al Macomher, Al Mer
Hoy Oilbreth, Ada Chaffee
Humphrey and Arthur Allen
Mr.
1 urned
moon.
nd Mrs
T da;
They w
The rabbit poisoning campaign is
being worked out systematically In
Morrow county during the present
favorable Weather. The main dif
ficulty is that it snows a little ever
night and covers UP the bait neces
sitating daily distribution of imall
Quantities. K series of drives is be
ing worked out by County Agent
Clms. Goodwin re
from their bone' -e
married in Port
led down to Marsh
y and visited It
mother who is IS
ey isit"d relatives
I'erent places before
returning to Boardman. Their many
friends wish them health, wealth and
happiness and emphasized their
wishes bv a charivari.
land, then I0111
Sold in Coos
ind friends at di
For
0
Lumber,
Building Material
and anything usually carried in a
Modern
Uptodcite
Lumber Yard
Sec
W. A. Alii rc hie
Boardman, Oregon.
in were a unit
lo the reason
ct between the
ind Engineer
le opinion that
he Engineer should be allowed to
inish the contract, that the price
a . not exorbitant for the amount
f work and the data was necessary
ml beneficial to Ihe John Day Dis
11 id and the landholders.
The question now arises, do the
taxpayers wish to pay a tax for a un-
ompleted survey according to the
work done or do they want a com?
ileie survey at a very little more
ost.
The Defendants in this suit have
it all times worked to maintain the
District and if the new board will do
he same they will have the support
of all fair minded men and taxpay
ers Of, I lie District."
IOMH INTERESTING FREIGHT
BATES FOR HAT GROWERS
By L. A. III N'T
The present system of freight rates
"a.ler which Oregon Growers are
compelled to operate has the effect
of placing a tariff upon Oregon grown
hay sold in either Oregon or Wash
ington, .lusi exactly why this con
dition happens to exist is hard to
explain.
The manager of the Oregon Co
operative Hay Growers has just re
in ned from a trip to Portland where
formal application was made for an
equal freight tariff on hay ship
ments originating in Oregon as com
pared with those In the state of
Washington. The Chairman of the
Agricultural Committee of the Port
land Chamber of Commerce, the
Oregon Farm Bureau, the Bend Com
mercial Club and the Deschutes
County Farm Bureau and interested
In rmers in Clatsop and Columbia
counties are uniting in their efforts
to assist the Oregon Co-operative
Hay (Dowers in gelling a fair rate.
The present rate as it now stands
is as follows, given from these key
points, and in effect Jan. 1. I H 2 - .
From Kennewick to Portland. 222
ml., present rate 23c
From Kennewick to Astoria, 322
111 1
in
A I
de
134
n, 4 13
41 i2c
nd N. P.
I
il
From Ken new lc
111 i . present rate ...
From Redmond to P
mi , present rate .
From Redmond to .'
mi., present rate ....
From Redmond to At
ml., present rate ...
These are S. P
rates.
This present rate amounts to a
differential of $2. !I0 per ton in favor
of Yakima shippers in some cases,
while coming around by way of Sea
ttle they have even a little better rale
than this to Aberdeen. Oregon grow
ers nsk nothing but an equal show
with other producers. They feel that
tho have a right to this, and know
no good reason why they should be
prevented from selling; their own
hay h their own state, at least on
11 equal basis with out-stale ship
,ers. Mr. Plckurd. Assistant General
Manager Freight Agent, has promis
ed lo give the matter prompt ton--ideratlon.
t
Mr. Pickard is QUOtad as having
said that there was probably enough
hay in the Northwest now stacked
on the farms ;o take care of all re
quirements for the next thiee years,
should no more hay be grown.
Severn! of the farmers are clean
ing up on their hay to sheepmen for
feeding purposes at $S per ton in
I the stack About 10,000 head of
j sheep are being taken care of on the
I West End. With a fair demand for
No. 1 hay for shipment and the
. growth of feeding and dairy interests
i another ear should see vastly im
proved conditions for the farmers
of this section.
Bargain
till
Febnprv
Your little paper will soon be a year old. Started
at the beginning of the slump, under adverse cir
cumstances, the Mirror has enjoyed some prosperi
ty, nevertheless, and the solution of the small town
paper has been solved.
Boardman is not large enough to support a printing
plant and publish a pap sr of her own, but under the
present arrangement she is getting a bigger and
holler paper than many other towns of three times
the size.
The publisher knows you have your own little set
backs and "getting by" is tha chief interest in life
just now. But when things go "fluey" with the
farmer, the printer has hard sledding too.
So, to co-operate with you and share the loss, we are
going to offer the Mirror at a reduced price for a
few weeks.
Most of you are in arrears to some extent, but it is
because money is scarce. But money is just as
scarce with us as it is with you.
To all who will pay their subscriptions in advance
Tor one year between now and February 1, 1922,
we will make a rat" of
$1.50 Per Year
Ye have never asked you to pay the second install
ment of your subscription, fully appreciating the
condition of the rancher these days, but by meeting
you half way, may we not expect renewals from all
of you and new subscriptions from the few who
do not take the paper.
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