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About The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1922)
The Boardman Mirror Boardman, Oregon PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Mrs. Claire I. Harter, Local BJditoi MARK A. CLHVKLAND, Publisher 00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered as second-class matter Feb 11, 1921, nt the post office at Roard nian. Or,, under act of Alar. 3, J879. EMPIRES The, (ireat Laltes-SI. Lawreno canal oVv.Mo mm .' holds 'he : tao In the east. Fifty tall! Ion people trib utary lo this route are awal.euing u. its importance. ',0 p.-iouil 6" 1 1 aggregate value of all Hi" l jr:i) prop eriy la the United States is within thin territory. Q percent of lh land surface of (he Unltod states i tributary to ihia or muni -mal. 3'r.i canal will permit ocojtii olnp vesb'.li to reach the ports .o'' he t'rit lnj ". It Is true that, the Mu.urluna or llu Majestic will not b" able to rse tlr ritual but statistics show the 70 pel cejijt of thu commerce of the a j Id is carried on vessels of S.OOO tons 01 leM; ii inans .1. saving of 10 cenu a bushel on wheal exported frn CMealfe to Liverpool, Thlrty-thfei nifles of the St. Lawnuiee will l.i canalized. The canal proposed is i be 220 feel wide with 30 feet ol water over the sills, Th ' the con siruction of locks and dams a total o l.fiiio.ooo tiiect lira 1 boraepover wil be tle.Veloie(l. Tile est i Ilia I etl t'tisl l 250 million dollars. The construe lion will be handled jointly by tlr Fuller! States and Canada. The lei rilory trihiilary In Canada anil lie Fniled slates are a unit behind thll development, it is natural thai op position lias ftrrlsen from .New Vor1 and New Kngland ports. It, jiin; delay, but will not prevent this epoc development of the (ireal Lakes and Die contiibulary lerrllory. From the Ores! Lakes, lei me as cort yon lo Hut Colorado River ha I project. The southwestern state are teaming in unison, lad by Set I'clary Hoover, of the Department 11 Commerce are preparing dats for a irrigation development of great mai nftnde. It is proposed that Hie Ci l ottido river be dainined at BoUldCI Canyon. An artificjal reservoir wilt be formed or 1,r2,000 acres contain Ing 32 million acre feet of water. Al, Aij ultimate development of four mil Hon acres of land An electrical development of 700,000 primary horMe power. Uoiings at the ilam site show bed rOCk overlaid with 18E fel of loose malerial. Hue lo the grvul run till til the OoleradO while In freshet, a coffer -dam will be re iiilred of a magnitude ami eosi on a par with the cost of many Completed Irrigation Hyslems. A railroad will lurvo l.o b ronUrurted to lite da' silo for the oonvei uu- of instruction material. While the Ultimate cos, of the project is problematical, it hi bon estimated at S00 million With your perfjttBBlon, let us Jour nev to the state of Washington where Hie Columbia Basin project is belni railed io the attention of Hie United states by a progressive state cltlzenr; With wisdom ami Foresight they re tallied col. Qeo, Ooethala to submit n report on Hie feasibility of the pro Ject. llis findings are as follow ; A 'project of two million acres. An acre cost of $115, A y, arlj operaHo" ami maintenance cost of is rem uu acre. That the entire eo.is , n Hon be Ulldei tal. 'il ,,i,l lOl built I y units. A term of i ars is 14 tree t'l Complete til.' 'Ole, , ,, t oil il l (lit) project Is m l'li'tl it Hie lam' Is I-re pun -d al a soul of ' Mo 'iij: , par acre. He 'I i m not aUMM-.u '1 development of cl eu'l. al duwim I tin time, but ,lin tlie inllU au I dims stand ev r retttfy ') thu (lev -eloomellt when ti' l-ii.and ca'i Tli deelopmeit of siieh a acreage, causes one lo wonder shout 0 settlement of 1 1 i Und The Ool onVl' quotes Sec,- xVait.- , n.-i e hi"1ie predicts v popilation if 1T.0 1 ,"loi In ci:J, To malMum the present per capita aercnge in Mif.u will require additions of approxl mutely 8 million acres annually. The estimated cost this project it 2 5 . nirtllon. At fKls time we win itate Hint the three foregoing projects are considered b their sponsors as Mat tonal assets, ami that the federal ..in eminent should finance their con atructkp. nd ow I ask jou.lo come to a Fatherland of dormant, undeveloped resources which are hidden by the mists of lethargy, of an earn ism of self satisfaction. A year ago the Umatilla Raptdt power dam w.is co ed into the society of the abov e urea' A surve of this project showed .. Ar you eating lloafftrfl!tfi"TTt. , If not, why not? might, developing s JO.UJMJ horsepower. ' 150,000 acres. Th, )U1 on en t,t r Dam-: . i.oi 11 a nar It el for the power. Instead ,ig for bed rock,, we have sols Hi ait iioni 2 to 5 feet below tii .urfaee of the water. Instead ong conducting canals to convey th vatcr to the lands,, you are Irrigatln .ithin a mile of the dam. The co. f the dam Is estimated at :i0 ml ;rop 1 about in individual darkne! villi i sister states collectively wa! 11 God's Bunshlne. A troubled fern tntalion within us causes a pimple' ole hills. There are rumors o .-.mors until the swish of a falliii leaf calls for a neurotic. Why nt j n a good fundamental collects ;rasp of cooperation that tends I c.ild Empires. Team up to th ipple carl before the blush an ,!oo;n of your state becomes dry roi Bocause nature quacks In forelg lands and Ml. Adams developed ' ;i :w crevice- is no reason that we be nine unbaluni ed. Tis true wo hav 'idden Hie crest, of unrest, and th bort Bhirt. both nerve stimulant' ainniig the slates. Portland uu a i; 0 1 endleton behind th ilia llapids project before i Bnnyan leads the Oolumbii into Puget Sound. ii!-:: si; 1 not, why not: There are men i our pommunity who have put u r dollars to build a factory; wh tave put up their money lo buy cow 0 furnish milk to make the cheesi 1 k, a community enterprise. It It l condenser for your alfalfa. Th i.e dollar ir Ighl per Ion i-t wrapp ip in five eon-id Swi-,s bricks. You ..'.en dollar bay in the sla- k i.-- cure led and cooked into a $15 a Ion pro it, The cheese brings from two t' three cents a pound premium on th narket over eastern cheese. Ii i of a high grade quality, It ihouli be in every home on the project. I Is a bone builder and a muscle -. 1 ler. A spring Ionic that takes Hi place of New Orleans drip and sul lihur. Maybe your taste has nevei been properly introduced lo this lie.- pffarlng You may doubt you." abil ity lo acquire a longing for this pro !ucf t'nt Take two slices of rye brand; I bin slice of Swiss and !a b, Iweiit; nilil a layer of mu t-ird ami iprli kle lightly with pepper; 1 el b lore on an oil painting of Babsi fvlue Rlol on and ii' j'O'lr 1 11 1 11 -,ie IS 111- Of ickellec i . .11 voi- Pi.-le in Treat Si-ed PotAtoaa im Seed polaloes that have not vet icon I reined for scab, rhizoctonia. Me., should be dipped now, while! lorniiinl. Willi corrosive sublimate! olUtion. The. should then be stoi ; d away In sacks sterilized in thei anie soul t loo to avoid any poaslbilit of injur lo the growing points when (he sprouts start. Pull directions for treatment are given in new e partment si ti ion circular on potato iitensep in m. B. McKay, which ma; ! c had free. HOMEY PHILOSOPHY POR H)2ii 1 'What do 'ou work for?" one fqllow say., 10 1 0 woi k"' comes back the auawef; Th. n the fin ihy wouldn't it be host for hiia to :,:ari viiei finish never work at all- ant,- a. the linii ' run. We can reach all sorts of cone jions id the conculstona wil be logical ami seem rig twisted root. When we see how surely brail ie world, we see why we should harness up 0 -fry the cobwebs from our minds and get dov ur thinking. A fire can give us liio as well 1 e use it. Twisted reasoning is a danger ;ier. "So I won't have low thinks he thj ks. e oilier fellow expects i without It to lililli- tug ng, 9 I D I A MONO : i as dti I lung. Hi, according to how Till!! ROMANCE OK AGKICULTURE mo Grace, lillionairoi lr. dt itfy in t( f tn Pt thifthem Sreci Corporalion, one o" th" sated by Schwab just as Carnegie put S, wa.b into the ports lhat the steel industry is sound, with business indications of a steady growth. What a change in a vision of the cider Morgan molded for the business a co-ordinated trade, the three or four hundred steel jtic state. The bold stroke of the h-on hand of finance along the lane of amazing accomplishment. The peo (t the result. Th -v had not even thought of the in :he billion. Th Ii ild shook ihr-ir heads It was ad- Itted that behind the great issue of common stock, there was not an ;,ct worthy Of the name. The plants had to be replaced every year or o, and the Industry seemed lo rest on shifting sand. But time, and i- rgy, backed by the sterling character and ability of men like Schwab, on turned nebulous assets into a basis for sound credits and today the 1 industry is regarded as the unfailing barometer of the world's trade. The romance of steel excites the Imagination more than do the tales of ins Anderson, out 11 will be nothing rricultofe wlyn some great organizim rmers to their promised land. Agri 1 ; I' 1 I, HI II 11 Mighty Easy Riding as compared with the romance of genius shows his head to lead the :ultural organization is more corn ice, because where there were only a few hundred steel plants tlx and one half million tarn. Ingly great and far more las-t 98S luobleins are almost idei but the financial returns will be g when organization is perfected, sal, the co-ordination of produc- )f selling and of distribution. The farm bureau and the agricultural re the first two signs of the times. Upon that foundation is bound built the emancipation of the fanner from a life of drudgery and a wide industry that will benefit all mat, kind. BEWARE OF WIItKLEHS FAKIRS Watch out for Hie wireless fakirs. The new generation, since the scand ous stock jot, bin;; operations that marked the advent of the Marconi Ireleaa telegraph concern In which thonsanda of widows and other poor ,1k we re robbed of their life saving;, should read a little history. The iblie is of short memory. It wlil not be long before the stqck jobbers 111 be ;it work offering all kind of alluring propositions identified with ,e manufacture and operation of w less telephone outfits. The danger being swindled In these highly speculative enterprises is in proportion 1 the opportunity for profit, and soa double warning 4s necessary, because ' wireless telephone business is destined to stagger the imagination be- many years have passed, When the thousand per cent per day opo ,i!s reach this town, let those with loose change be cautious. Cupid t is a dangerous leader. Follow old Heneral Conservatism and be safe. THE MODERN A. B, C. ALWAYS BE CAREFUL! Loose Wheels Tightened While You Wait. GAS OILS ACCESSORIES Service Car Any Time Any Where If Your CAR Is Sick, We Can Cure It. No Cure. No Pay. -"rii'ifr'nMaitf- Tiiitii rramwi n ULJLi, VGLU1 C1V X-'OCm 1 racle J BOARDMAN RESTLESS .VAXES Tell in mournful numbers, life is saved by drink in' "Jake" fol ic man ;. dead thai alum .-is in a jag from moonshine make. Soft drinks 1 I Inprovi the system near beer aim no bosom friend. Them old high-1 'alls, now we've missed them, staked with barkeep's favorite blend. Now, I from the aoda fountain soi ow I rant suppress the winks, --when i thirst could climb a mountain. 1 abhor them fuzzy drinks. No enjoy ment, and not sorrow, follows In their kickless wake. Man can't steal, or b g or bo 1 row injfters like he used to take. Like a ose of aiiua-fortis, I hum m. ul, ticker finds the apot, but the fits and rigor-niortis I would I jes' as soon be shot. Saw ii lately in the paper- feller made a jug of: 1. Wh- it in went up In a v.i por, neighbors said it beat the Dutch, 'hen it said, another duffer, trying out his private make, awful how it 1 tad s bun suiter, knocked him colder than a snake! Let us then, be up and doing, with a heart thai ne'er torgeis; Aint no suds ihats worth the rev. ing since Hie drjs kerflopped the wets. Let us always all remember that the peopl has the say. Law is law in June, December, or in March, 0 lets obey. Townsite Co E. P. DODD, Pres. In Touch With The Outside Work! ttTTLI WILLIt'S" RADIO WORKS' SI : :6SSFULLY POR THE FIRST TIAE MA, X if COME ON UP L L -N' LISTEN TO). .. 1 THH V."A4D 1 f r V 1 - f jr.? t 1 I A OA , BOY ONE OF THOSE- COMCCTS RlGHT-js FROM THE Dll ll'V ,MTVl k, 4 1 I v-" I 1 Zk h J -1 i f II -a I 111" It A t f5 City Lots for Sale at Proper Prices -5t i r: I IB ert Guaranteed Repair Work at Reasonable Prices. mm .-1 Boardman is a New Town But Not a Boom Town i.- ' .-I I t. I iui ''"" ' e.J a- v :i, 1 Ideally located on railroad and Columbia river, far enough away from any large town to naturally become the trading center of a wonderful growingcountry.