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About The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925 | View Entire Issue (March 24, 1922)
The Boardman Mirror , UNSHED EVERY FRIDAY Us. Cliiire P. Hiirter, Local Editor CLEVELAND, Publisher $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE second-class matter Feb. - ftonrrl i Mar ::. 1879. CJEB THAN FICTION h Is stranger than i probably say It Is ..o common, specially when it comes to Boardman tales of fish and fish worms, but the inclosure shows that at least one lioardman resident can tell a fir.h story and back it up wllh the evidence. Mr. Packard is one of those men who can tell the "en when far from home, is a peculiarity which may g from that well known quality ol unassuming modesty, so remarked by strangers on first commlng among us. From the Seattle P. I. Most fish slories are of a vintage and possess the flavor of age, but Leslie Packard, now at, the Fyre Hotel and r gularly living at Hoard . len, Or., has written in the Post Intelligencer's Fiih Story Contest Of a piscatorial event within the city's corporate limits that happened not later than last week. He offers as proof a bandage wrapped ar ound the finger of a restaurant .tor. In this wise it hap '. says Packard: in' porprletor of Don's Oyster ii vu proudly showing a II party "I ladies and gentle how docile were a number of I rout in a glass tank In his win dow He was feeding them bits of meat from his hand, holdin ; the scraps a few inches from tha water's surface. The fish leaped out and caught the meat. As the feeding went on, Don turned to answer questions and Continued nil hand over the lank. t') leaped the biggest of the lot 1 look meal, finger and 'all. look both Don's hands to free uiii linger from that Irouls jaws. NoW, I hen, if you think you can bMl Packard as a fish story teller, Minp on t of it, brother, and shoot your remarkable remarks about fish io the fish story editor. White yoi it 00NGRB88MBJI .-. Republic advances in proportion o Hie Intelligence of Us citizens. Here is a iiuostionaire worth while: suouid not education of the com ing feneration be the most vital in- , mill business of (he Amci i' .lii opla loday? Is it not time education should be considered of at least equal im porlancu with War, Con rce or u agriculture, and that spiritual . ienl should travel hand in ... nil mulerial development ? Bha.ll we not dignify and promote adUCatlon by creating a Depart uienl of Education in Washington, with a Secretary in the President's cabinet .' is it not time to create u national center lo gather statistics, slud ..icihods of leaching, stimulate tea , mug irainiiiK, stubili.u nalionul id .als, write our histories and radiate i his Knowledge throughoul the OOUD i ry ? Is it not true that the agitators ieal most successfully to the llllt . .ue, and will uot our governiueul lie safeguarded as ignorance in over omeT The Towner Sterling Kduculinn Hill, enihodving theBe and many oilier good features, has been before Congress for several years, but its . ine consideration has been crowd . d out by the necessities of war. Now peace prevails, and the means ol keeping peace will be a wise, self conl rolled. Intelligent people, sin cerely Interested In the progress of the world. Will you not do all In your vowei to promote the passage of this bill at Ibis session of Congress ' Will you not write your Congress man'' HOMK1 PHILOSOPHY colt iimk: Here was a man the other day that shot a fellow dead just because thi chap had nibbed hlui of $ If.. 000. and then tried to aet tire to his house Hot li were suffering from the same complaint running wild without a check rein The unfortunate aven ger would laugh himself 111 if he saw some chap walking down to the shore with a piece of blotting paper to dry up the ocean, wouldn't he, but h was doing Just the same sort of thing trying to wipe out crookedness by killing a crook You can't make tht world good by holding it up or knock ing It down. 1 WATCH Yont OUTSIDE switch IRRIGON NEWS ITEMS Fire insurance companies are likely to cause a severe setback to the dev elopment of wireless telephony un less the owners of wireless sets dis play a caution that will offset attack. Chiefly the amateur "listeners in" i should see to it that in the installa tion of their miniture plants and1 their outside switches they cover the .. i lire and building regulations. 1 the insurance companies aie given a fair indication of their attitude in the settlement of fire claims. Some of thorn have alleged thai the aerials constitute a danger, though it has been clearly demonstr ated that such Is not a fact. Never theless, in cases of fire, disputed claims are always troublesome, and In most cases an individual is at a disadvantage when fighting a rich corporation to which lawsuits are an incidental part of the routins day's work. We owe the rapid dev lopment of wireless communication o the genius and interest of the American boy, and it. would be a pity f in his further aid to development ogllgence should halt the advance f what is bound to be the most civilizing influence of the century. Watch your switches. Lightning is not attracted by aerials, but switches put up in defiance of the fire laws may be found to be cosily. If, on the oilier hand, (he plants are erect ed and have the official O. K. of the authorities the insurance companies will not have anything lo fall back upon. Once more we say, watch your outside switches. DEVELOPING THE DYE INDUSTRY The senate committee investigat ing alleged monopolies will not get lunch public sympathy in its attack on l he bu I'onl interests for their alleged control of the American dye industry. Whatever may be said in criticism of the enormous business holdings of the du Ponts, there can lie no disposition on the part of the public to frown on their efforts to protect themselves in the develop ment of what we are bound to consi der as a legitimate American indust ry. During the war the value of Qerman dyes was clearly demonstr ated. The rotation or the dye in duslry to high explosives brought (he lesson of foreign domination bomi lo tbOUMndfe of Americans, mule anarl lrom the tact Hint we learned American dyes were of Infer ior Quality and unsalable. When the guns began lo roar, America learned lo her sorrow what it mean! to have to depend on a foreign country lor dyes The manufacturing Interests suffered severely. Even today, with all the millions that have been In rested ill experimenting and devel oping American dyes to a proper Standard, the American people are mil Convinced of the merit of the home manufactured product. Ger man dyes are fast getting I heir old rip on the country. The dollar I sign has taken Hie place of the flag very largely now that the fever of patriotism has waned. It will re quire courage and great Investment I lo make America independent of i Germany in the matter of dyes, and 1 the government should do all it can j lo encourage rather than hamper American enterprise, whatever of monopoly tne du Ponts may have in other lines Is quite another story.! In their effort to develop the Ainer Icao dye Industry they should be praised and helped. H is no ptker'l Undertaking, and the nation will not suffer If a broad view of the situa tion is taken The Farm Bureau dance on St. Patrick's evening turned our to be a pretty fair success even though dances were held at all points east and west of us. Mrs. Glasgow had arranged for a piano to be shipped from Portland just in time to reach us for this occasion but it failed to reach here and was located in a car at Umatilla and a truck was sent for it. This is being purchased through M. E. Shurte, of Arlington, by the Social committee of the Farm Bur eau from funds received from enter tainments. While not one of the latest models, it is however, a good instrument. Pianos have been pro vided in the church, school auditor ium and Wadsworth hall in the past six or eight months and we are well prepared with musical instruments for all occasions. Our Commercial Club held its an nual election Saturday evening, re electing all old officers for another year, namely M. F. Wadsworth, Pres ident; M. E. Doble, Vice President; N. Seaman, Secretary-Treasurer. The President re-appointed the exe cutvie board of three members, F. L. Wait, II. Ii. Lane and H. C. Wolfe. The Club went on record to work or market road funds for the Ferry road from the landing to the Col umbia highway. Mr. Glasgow ex plained at some length the need of :his coming under the market road fund and the heavy traffic already -m this road and the future would sure increase the business many fold. The tourist season has not begun and when this additional burden "onies on, other than the district funds should be provided as it right ly comes under the market road to connect with Heppner as has been planned. Resolutions were also adopted requesting the school board (o take necessary action to have the pipe line for the school grounds con structed before the next budget-mak ing time, insofar as the last budget would permit, and to provide addi lional funds if necessary. This is considered the most important item in the community and should have been done before this as authorized by the last budget vote. A letter from District Attorney Notson made it plain that the construction of the pipe line was legal and any contract along the line of requirements to se cure right-of-way as has been out lined was perfectly proper. The townsile water distribution and chaf ges will be carried on by the Com mercial Club under the direction of its secretary as last summer, wilh the exception that a committee of two will assist the secretary to de termine the improvements necessary and assist in settling disputes that may arise. The predictions made for March by some of the wiser men, may not develop all that was expected but we note considerable disturbances in our not too distant cities and it is hoped these (dements will eventually bring about true and real Americans. The necessity to its realization is rapidly coming and is spreading like wild fire. The right will rule. Mr. and Mrs. Fagerstrom and fam ily arrived Sunday from Oak Grove, where they have spent the winter with Mr. Fagerstrom's parents and had only nicely got settled down when Dr. Kay LAgaO and nurse from the Umatilla hospital drove down In the early hour of the morning Tues day and created considerable dust along the River Houlevard. It was not known until about nine o'clock what caused the disturbance, when i fHINK THE MAN WITH THE HOE WILL SOON RE PLACE THE MAW WITH THE HOKUK. it was announced that a big boy had arrived. This is where we all smoke again. If all reports are true, it might be well if we had a little K.K.K. in Ir rigon at times. A man should make some decent arrangements for his children and work some occasionally himself instead of making his child ren do it all. Mr. and Mrs. Walker and family are among recent arrivals and guests an Markhams. They expect t oput in the season here and may take up a tract of land later. The girls of the seventh and eighth grades and high school plant ed a lot of flowers in the West park Friday afternoon. They have plan ned to raise some real flowers this summer. Mrs. Leona Lister is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Dempsey for a couple of weeks. Mr. R. S. Lamareoux took a load of Irrigon people to Umatilla Tues day evening for the Eastern Star show Mr. Glasgow and others mot ored in also. The show was a big success. The hall was jammed full. Mrs. Dayton Lamareoux, who has .been very ill for the past week or ten days, was taken to Portland Tue sday by automobile to be under the care of her mother. Mrs. Blanche Wat kins is reported on the sick list this week but is im proving at this writing. We expect to report an important land sale in the next weeks issue. Small Spuds Poor Seed. The practice of planting whole small potatoes is a bad one when Ihey are simply culls from the ordin ary field. Why are they little? Of ten it is because they are diseased. Such seed will not produce many good spuds. Chicks Need Clean Feed It is not always so much the kind of feed as how It is fed that causes trouble with young chicks. Any of the common grains will give good results if they are clean and free from mold. Chicks should not be fed grain having much hull or a high protein at first. T DID IT WITH MY LITTLE HATC HET! DIAMOND mA Tubes Mighty Easy Riding THE MODERN A. B. C. ALWAYS BE CAREFUL! Loose Wheels Tightened While You Wait. GAS OILS ACCESSOR; h Expert Guaranteed Repair W c rk at Reasonable Prices. Serv a Any Time Any Where If Your CAR Is Sick, We Can Cui No Cure. No Pay. oardman Gar age j BJS58' BOARDMAN Townsite E. P. DODD, Pre; , City Lots for Sale at Proper Prices Boardman is a New Town But Not a Boom Town Ideally located on railroad and Columbia river, far enough away from any large town to naturally become the trading center of a wonderful growing country.