The Roardman Mirror
Boardman. Oregon
PUBLISHES EVERY FRIDAY
Mrs. rluire P. Harler, Local Editor
MARK A. CLEVELAND, Publisher
$2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Entered as se(-ond-elass matter Feb.
11, 1921, at the post ollice at Board
oian, Ore, under act of Mar. 3, 1879.
HIGHWAYS A NO HIGHWAYMEN
Morrow county Iiuh bonded Itself
some 1300,000 to build (be O. W.
highway. The North end of the
county voted favorably on the bond
issue. It wa3 a road which would
give us access to the county seal.
This road is now constructed in Mor
row county. Nothing has been done
towards construction of the ten miles
in 0411 lata county. When the state
highway map was laid out by the
Highway commission, the O. W.
Highway was routed from Heppner
Junction to Heppner and to Pendle
ton. A survey has been made of this
unconstructed I en miles in Gilliam
County. A controversy has arisen
betWMB the County Court and the
property owners as to the rlght-of
way for this highway. Last wee!
lie itatt highway commission met in
Portland. Tin y ordered a survey of
thll O. W. highway to leave Willow
Creek at Rhea siding, thence running
in a north-weiterly direction to Arl
ington. It Btaui that you will have
to pull up out of Willow Creek
across the flats and down into tin
deep Alkali Canyon. . It means tiia'
the O. W Highway will be within
ten miles of Heppner Jtc, but that
mi will be compelled to go on to
Arlington, and then back-track to
Ithea siding, soma 25 or l!0 mile:
oiii of your way That you will b
compelled to pull long 5 per cent
grades in both canyons. Is there ;
voter In the North end, yea, a vote)
living along Willow Creek who WOU
have voted1 for this O. W. bond issu
if the road had been located via Hhe;
Biding to Arlington? What of yoi
Willow Cr sale era 7 Will it be
nleasttfs for you to travel to Arllng
ton When your destination is sonn
point east on the' Columbia highway?
' dtf your wheat and pTodtlCtl 1
With a down water grade' North o
Khaa siding, what an economic sav
Ing you will make by going over tli
bills. The highway ootHmlnston sayi
that It will be over the hills or thor
will be no road. Then let there be
no road, that you may keep nu
It respect and honor. Do men n
pac( the given word or are we beat
ers of "scraps of paper"? where ar
ou on Ibis matter, Heppner? W
"icall a visit of county olllcers and
iness men. Of a meeting ail
'd by you gentlemen on a bom'
ue of $270,000 to construct I li
0. W. highway. We do not recall
O il at that time you routed the high
way via Rhea siding and Arlington,
ra ,ou content to sit back and per
mit the highway commission to gl
you any kind of an outlet, just so
long as It is an outlet, and In so do
Ing break faith with your people ol
North end? Is the manhood ol
Morrow equal to the political trick
cry of Gilliam County.
lY TOR NEW
York FARM m.ot
HOMEY PHILOSOPHY FOR 1922
The national farm bloo eoncieve d
und organized by the American Fun i
Bureau rad ration in Washington
mo lo be a growing Inspiration t.
the states where similar blocs ar
Portuingi perhaps unooaacloasly, bui
none the less certainly. Hroad vis
lOOed men have come lo see that lb
operation ol the farm bloc In Wash
OH have had much to do with tie
i-IhIiik tide of returning proaperit)
and so tle see the possibility ot
beneficial effect if the states come to
follow the national example Thet
is a distinct trend towards the rare
bloc Idea In the stale of New Yoi
where It Is Ihot thai such a mov
inlKht have the effect of offsetting th.
line of cleavage between the counirv
districts and the great metropolis
New York Cin bus contended for
yeara that it has been ruled from
Albany by country legislators who
know nothing of the requirement of
city life. The friction has been 10
Intense that there have sprung up
movements even looking to the form
Ing of the separate state of Manhat
tan The New Yorker pays the
major portion of the taxes of ihe
state and yet he feels that he has
little. If any rolee in legislation, even
considering the hroad city charier
granted by the slate The city man.
however, Is not blind to the needs of
agriculture and stands ready lo fur
ther the welfare of the farmer The
farm hloe Idea in the Empire Stale
Is likely to bring about a mutually
beneficial compromise When all is
said and done, (he spirit of tolerance
invariably operates for the benefit of
the people.
When we are young ambition
Is fired with the desire to create
something, and (hen as we grow old
er we see that mankind can't create
anything. Often, when it is too late,
we learn the lesson that our time
should have been spent in reeogniz
in the things that are created for us i
rather than trying to creat new
things and try to steal the job of the I
livinity. There has been a correct j
inswer to every problem in arith
netlc, even before we knew anything
.bout arithmetic, and so there is a
olution to every problem in life that
onfronts us. All wo have to do is j
to find the way. There is no path I
o thorny but there is a primrose by
way that will lead us out into hap-
liness if we only see it. It's there.
We don't have to make it. All we
need is to recognize it.
ITS NOT A BI'o tJUMt3
FROM CRITICISM TO
HATE; MOST cd
ANYONE CAN DO
LT. WITHOUT
THINKING.
FRANKLIN'S
AIMS FOR CONGRESS
NEW COUNTIES
Contributed
A news item tells of a division of
Umatilla and Morrow counties to
make a new county comprizing the
errltpry from Echo to Boardman.
'his is the second proposal that we
lave received in the past two months,
vrlington submitted a similar sug
gestion, cleaving the front stoop
rom the back porch of Gilliam co
tfity, Morrow county likewise. What
s there about us that produces the
ippearance of "hicks"? Just why
lo these "off-side county mavericks
ii D m 1 1 to us plans of a separate
vreatness? When the proper time
omes, the bell cow will call in these
wo long horns and a county will be
OCT radiating from Iloardman,
'hlch in time will become a stale.
We' view these presenti proposals
Ith suspicion. We suspect a "lem
tn sour" in the form of a delinquent
ax list which runs in the eighties,
ruet why should we mingle our pur
ly with this European" "skin scaler",
'he farming brother to the west now
las Its dirk aimed at our heart in
lellberatly pilfering the O. W. high
way away from Willow Crec k to
Vrlington. And they would call us
aunty brothers. If it ever comes to
ass, we plan lo wear shirts that
ipike to the body.
These outbursts for new Counties
nine from the smallest ot men. You,
rllngton, come to us to form a new
ounly because Condon, your county
seat Is giving you tho razz. At
bis very lime you are doing a Siam
ie wilb Condon lo pull a road away
rom the very people with whom you
igve asked (o berak bread. And
'mat ilia would gather a dynasty to
mr folds, because a short-sighted
ounly seat persists in fighting a
!U( off. In the above you have the
inswer why Oregon is Ihe "runt" of
he West. In your childish way, you
individually try to lick the pink
'rom your candy stick You would
route a new county by adding new
taxes to your tax-welled body. In
our "deep" anger you fail to see
lint it will take the concerted effort
of all to put over the Umatilla Hap
ids. You prefer a new eounly with
all its ills in preference to an Elec
rlo Empire. Your deep chested deve
lopment may have an egotism of a
ell Constructed power dam hut the
IMC from your round house blocks
Ike view at your city limits. I'ma-
illa. let Pendleton nurse the county'
-rief. Pendleton,, quit trying to
whittle the frozen parsnip of a cut-j
i (T. Arlington, let the O. W. follow
uilures trail of less resistance In
itead of trying lo pull it over mount
ains for the sake of pelf. Until you
lo these things. Oregon will remain
he hermitage Of a dolt ridden race.
Pill
I I ' Mill :
C0fVRl6at9E ?U8. AUTOCASnrl Stl'.V. CO
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
Residents of country towns will
learn with interest that the fire loss
for 1921 exceeded that of any pre
vious year in the history of the coun
try, totalling- more that a half bill
ion dollars. The National Fire Pro
tection Association calls attention to
the fact that fully seventy-five pe:
cent were preventable. It is inter
estaog, too. to know that the country
which must depend on the service;
of volunteer firemen has a snialle.
'ire loss than cities wilb their highly
paid and well skilled fire fighters.
There is no local activity doservin;
of greater encouragement than i
good local fire department.
WESTERN BANKS SEE
BETTER DAY;
From the annual report of condi
lions and earnings of banks in west
ern states for 11)21, it appears tha
banking has come thru a hard year
In one state 2!) 3 banks and Iiul
companies show net profits of onl
$93,093.70 for the year after writing
off losses. Losses were charged of
totaling $2,321,9(11, of which $254
299,33 had been recovered, and it
olher states reports are similar.
Seattle suffered one gigantic los:
in a big bank that was supposed to b(
protected under a state guarantee oi
deposits law which failed to alfori
protection. Western banks ban
also suffered from inroads of stati
and national farm loans, raised ot
untaxed bond issues. Deposits fel
off but demands for farm loans In
cicased. Iiui our state and national
banking laws have como thru It and
all look forward to a brighter year.
The banks have met lh' situation b!
writing off doubtful paper, by ttsin
current ea?nlnga and by volunta1
contributions am MsFtsenienti front
the personal funds i.'' ihe Stockholm
era, Thar "3 has bevi no taterial re
duction in RUipill and undivided
profits acco.ii.', a.el 'Oe 'auk" ar;
now facing ruore nrosi )ttus o.di
Hons with unimpaired capital, but
additional security to them selve;
and their depositors.
FIGHT I'tilt LOWER TAXATION
In all western states the peopb
are fighting to cut down their heav
loads of direct and indirect taxation
In Washington the fight is led b
Governor Hart who has installed
a ten department system instead ol
7 2 boards and commissions. Tha
stale has willed out a deficit of $2
00, 000. left as a hang over from
1921 and reduced total levies over
A VI
ON
4
a!
Ellen Duane Davis, great fand
daughtcr of Benjamin Franklin, hap
announced her candidacy for the
Democratic nomination to Congress
from the second Pennsylvania dis
tr:t. "
Mighty Easy Riding
four million dollars. In Idaho the
battle for tax reduction has been led
;jy Governor Davis and Utah is alive
with suggestions for reductions. It
is the vital issue in the slates of Col
orado and Oregon, whore a direct
fight is being waged for a cut of 25
per cent. The lumber industry has
suffered from over-taxation of saw
aills and timber lands, and many
uch properties are on the delinquent
oils and many operated three or
iour months io pay taxes. High fed
era and state taxes are driving in
lUBtriqp to Ihe Wtill, increasing un
lnployment and preventing new dev-
ilopment taking place.
'BEAUTIFUL OREGON ROSE'
We are printing "Beautiful Ore
ron Rose, words and music by II
Odward Mills. This has been ad
opted as the official song for the
Festival of 1922.
Every school in the state of Oregon
low have the song and fifty per
Mmt of them are singing it. Others
re waiting until weather conditions
ire such that they can plant roses
ind use the song as the dedicatory
jong.
The Victor talking machine com
pany have given assurances of mak-
Ufcig -records of it, and Ihe Depart
ment of the Interior may distribute
the song to every school in the Unl
ed States.
'A bere the Willamette is winding)
Where the Columbia Hows,
le e I am everywhere finding,
'.cant iiul Oregon rose;
Uright ith the flush of the morning,
tire ns the towering- snows;
'ottage and mansion adorning,
ReautifB) Oregon rose,
('bonis:
Beautiful Oregon rose,
Beautiful Oregon rose,
GowrMd in the robes of Aurora.
Itcnntiful Oregon rose,
alleys eternal in verdure!
Summits imperial, proud;
tklee Where in magical merger
Mingle the rainbow and cloud
I 'oi-est and riv er and ocean,
Cfag where the waterfall goes,
ay at thy feet their devotion
Beautiful Oregon rose.
horns !
' bihl of the sun ami the shower,
locked in the breeze's embrace;
ueenly yet neighborly flower.
Smiling 'to greet every face.
ver thee hummingbirds hover,
I nder thee fairies repose;
hon bast the world for thy lover,
''.'Hit if nl Oregon rose.
Chorus;
THE MODERN
A. B. C.
ALWAYS BE
CAREFUL!
Loose Wheels
Tightened
While You
Wait.
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at Reasonable Prices.
Scrvxe Car Any
Time Any Where
If Your CAR Is Sick, We Can Curt li
No Cure. No Pay.
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E. P. DODD, Pres
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.