The Boardman Mirror
Boardman, Oregon
l'UISLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
M 1 1 IK A. CLEVELAND, Publisher
12.06 PER TEAR IN ADVANCE
Entered an second-da."!' matter Fob.
1), 11)21, at the post oHlce at Board
man, Ore., under act of Mar Ii, 1379.
ONT OF BO AO m ll.ni vt.
Villages and count ie.s contempla
ting road Duiiuing snoum, gev in
touch with the Bureau of Publii
Roads of the United Slates Depart
ment of Agriculture, If they would
save tax payers from exploitation at
the hands of unconscionable contra'1
tore, ii appears from Information
hi hand, i ix-re has been a sudden
and heavy decrease in cost of road
mauling material. figures given
cover a wiue utreicn oi territory,
embracing practically ail pans of the
tinted States, They run in brief as
follows: earlh excavation, coiiuuon,
;i:i cents per eubic yard; rock excav
ation, $ per cubic yard; gravel,
$1.44 per cubic yard; sand clay, 45
Cents per cubic yard; crushed stone,
$3.42 per cubic yard. . Structural
concrete of various classes ranges
from $14 to $21.20 a cubic yard
For surfacing, ihe following are 1 1 1
figures by Ihe square yard: gravel
1U cents; surface Irealed macadam
l)ii ceuis; bituminous maoauam
1.04; bituminous cooorets, $1.97:
plain cement concrete, $2 17; rem
1'oived cement concrete, $2.54. Oih
em lias been furnished by the follow
Ing slates at prices given by the bar
rail New York, ll.Tf; Wisconsin
1.84; Arkansas, $2.70. For lie
most pan Milage boards are sup
redely ignorant iii mailers of rote
building as might be expected, but
they can operate along business line?
Some of them may be able now t
take advantage of their coliegi
courses which, if they taught an
thing, showed Ihe lines down v.hicl
to travel quickly to obtain accural
Informal ion. If our village father
have never seen a college, (hen
little horse sense will guide them
along lines that will save the publl
a greal deal of money. Uoad build
ing Is going on In every si ale ol lie
nation and Ihe more we have of il
tht) belter, but the poor old brow
beaten taxpayer OUghl to be con: id
tired once in a while, and road con
tractors can scarcely be l egal ded as
special pleaders tor the preservation
of the public purse.
Till'; RAIL UOAD OWNEO PliKNN
The Jacksonvlle, Florida, Journal
him openly raised lb,, nuosiion as to
the right ,,f a pi))c service oior
aiion t(l own a newspaper, "The
newspaper thai Is owned by any pub
lic utility corporation is noi a trie
press," says the Journal. "It can
not represent tha PSOpIS, Il rente
Uta il ial privilege It i sowned
lo foster" I'resumubl) Ihe lieHlon
Is lielng agitated because or the grow
ing grip of Hie railroads on the news
papers of Ihe South. Thai the rail
road owned newspapers are a dan
porous Influence in any community,
there seems to be no doubt It is
Quits out of ihe question for news
papers wml by tti,. railroads lo
preesnt to the public fair and impar
tial fuels and editorial opinion on
such vital questions us freights lor
example, yet upon an inlelllgeiu un
derstttiidlng of the freight rule sit
uation on Ihe pail of the public de
peiuls ttl'l plupel'lty ol t 'l .l.al
lat'iinng popuiiiiion mat ieeis tie
nutlon and Hie OOSl ol living for the
public thai must depend on the til
ler of II. soil. There ate then -amis
of newspaper readers in the Oltiss
who never Know Ihe ownership of the
publications they look to for infotma
i tion. The editors are unknown to
thom. The city newspaper publish
ers and their readers have not that
close contact that exists between the
sump; ion is that, the newspaper is
the friend of the public, the nation.il
I policeman watching the interest oft
the people, and so people are turned
I into an army of Little Red Riding
Hoods and led io destruction by the
I railroad wolf withoul ever a suspl-j
acted prohibiting the ownership of:
newspapers by public service corpor-
ations, and it is quite within rang:- ot ,
possibility tiiat this much to be desir ;
ed restriction can be brought about
If the. jounfry press unites In iii.i-i-i
ing upon ii. Reputable newspaper I
publishers have a tight to protect I
the honor Of their proles: ion. The1
integrity of the whole press suffers j
in reputaii' i from this handful if;
prostituted publications whose poli
cies of buncome and deception are1
ahftacMt h nnhlle service Gornorations
whose sole aim is to disarm and ex
ploit the people.
The editor of the Mirror has
been asked to announce that tha
trustees of Hooding College have
iwarded a fifty dollar scholarship
to Ihe honor graduate of the local
ligh school for the year beginning
loot 11, 1922.
In addition lo being a good student
tk applicant must have the unquali
fied endorsement of Ihe superin toad
Ill or principal under whom he did
his work and submit a complete re
"ord of bis Studios and student act
ivitios. In order lo hold the schol
arship he must live clean, main
tain his record as a student and up
hold Ihe ideals of the college.
Though organized less I ban five
peart ago, Hooding College had an
enrollment of 17:i this past year, look
first place in Inter-collegiate, track
meet and in the oratorical contest
of Southern Idaho and graduated Bix
students with the bachelor's degree.
In addition to a full liberal art
ourse, It offers freshmen and soph
omore work, the same as is given in
the best colleges and stale univer
sites to those intending to major in
engineering, medicine, law, agriCUl
lure and similar subject
MO I.1X f.Ot.li THREE MIlJJs DEEP ti
it i :
miles
it all,
were solid gold for
d George Jones own
'1 have to pay eve
Howard Coleman, Spokane, math- i$
ematics "shark" ar Washington state
college, was given Ihe problem of fig
uring out how much the court a
warded in its judgment for recovery
In full on a $100 note at 10 per cent
monthly, compounded monthly, which ,
Jones allowed to run for 43 years'?
sad then refused to pay.
The cash value of that three miles
of gold is $-28,356,910,994,764,397
005,761 exactly, says Coleman. There
is not that much money in the world.
I8SEHSEO VALUATION HERE
Wil l, BE MLIOHTLX LOWER I
Umatilla county's assessed valua
tion will be slightly lower llii.s year J
in ihe opinion of County Assessor,
tt. u. nawKS, who reports to the I B
Tribune that all returns are in, save- H
the districts of Pilot Rock, Echo and f.i
i wo di visio
Last year
Umatilla
the high-
count was $68,2377607
est it has ever been.
'We are doing little changing in
ihe Valuations this year with the ex-
Ci pi ion of equalizing where there la j
ividenoe of change or error, and giv-
ing a Slight CUl in assessed valuation jjri
io Hie Wheat lands which cannot be ft;
of so high a valuation as when wheat f"
"omtsande.-l :i better nrlee." Asuptmsr I ti
Hawks declared.
"The low or hmh assessment is im-
of this county's share of the public
a
utilities assessment, but what is ma
i rial is thai an equal assessment be
made," said Hawks "We could cut
iverybOdy'S assessed valuation but
'hat would not reduce taxation."
a ripe
I:
It
prolong I
our life by eating a chunk of garlic
every day. That is, provided your
friend! do not lake ihe law into their
own hands and bury you without
wailing for the slight formality of
death.
HUM MX I'HIM INOI'II Y tX)U l!J:
1 facte jefep
'A FLY UNDEiR T'
SVJBPCTTBR IS WOi
h-A couplk tt rnns,
ON" THE WIN 3.
m
Drs. McKenzic & Licunllen
Nye. Ear, Nose and Throat
Offeo: Rooms i, 2. ami :i. Intend
Empire Bank Building
(Over new Inland ICinpire llnni. )
I'l PI.I TON . - OUMUOK
ll ain't always necessary to use (
gures to use arithmetic. Here', aJ
oung man all dressed up and no
here in go Add temptation, weak
ess of character, desire for ease,
pportunity for then, assurance of j
security, fright at discovery, and the
sum total is a murderer. .Wipe the
j whole business off the blackboard In
1 the electric chair and what have you
j left? nothing, if jails were schools
you could leach subtraction and
' Maybe get the sum total back to the
I young fellow all by himself ami then
by addition produce n healthy, be
neficial o i t i : . t n worth money to the
state cud Helpful to ottter young
j fools. Maybe schools tire better
i than Jails. What do you think ?
j IIKKMIHTON EDITOR Ol its
HKHAliO J' OR LARGER I' I KM)
IP raard Malnwaring, who cam . i,,
l.trmtston scarcely more l ban a
I ar ago. as editor and manager t
lb. Herald, hm purchased the Mil il
Eagle and has taken up his dm is
in Milton. Mr. Malnwaring made a
good editor for the Heriuiston peo
pie. but soeks'a larger field and oi
wlt-re he has entire c.'.argo, be in ;
.Noting and ambillous, and fully qus
if led io run the whole works. Wo
wish hlin luck among the prune pick
ers of ihe east end and we vouch for
bis ability to give Milton a goo. I
pa pi r,
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Kids Is Kids
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Climtte is Good,
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People are
Sociable
Intelligent
Enterprising
Town is New and Growing
Location We SI Chosen
Half way between The
Dalles and Pendleton
On O-W Raiiroad
On Coin in hia River
Soil Will Raise Anything;
$ ifi j; jf
Water for Irrigation from
West Extension of
Umatilla Project
McKay Creek Dam
Will be built, assuring
more acreage under
wate r.
Boardman is a New
Town But Not a
Boom Town
Write Secretary pf Commercial