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Jlotson E S 11 THE BOARDMAN MIRROR ) VOLUME II HARDING ABANDONS STRIKE SETTLEMENT Government to Back Railroads in Endeavors to Of e ate Properties. BOARDMAN, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1922 NUMBER 28 i LOCAL NOTES I ' Washington, D. C President Hard ing having abandoned all efforts at mediation of the rail strike, was de clared by his advisers to have virtu ally decided to Inform the railrcad executives of the country that in the operation of trains they will be given the full protection and aid of the gov ernment. The president, It was stated, wu determined that the only course the government now could pursue was the path it followed in the coal strike extension of an invitation to the em ployers to operate their properties and the federal government with the co operation of the states would stand be hind them in their efforts so far as they are directed to the serving of the public. Leaders of the railroad labor organ izations made public their rejection Of President Harding's final offer for ettlement of the national strike of hop craftsmen, but declared that at tempts to mediate the difficulty by direct dealings between railroad ex ecutives and heads of the four brother hoods were still in progress. The union leaders, after a confer ence, also made public a statement declaring that the railroad executives by their responses to the president's final offer had also "declined to ac cept the president's proposition," and had "not even agreed to permit all employes now on strike to return to work." The announcement came after the president had conferred on the strike situation with his cabinet and with leaders in congress. Leo Root and Frank Cramer made a business trip to Arlington Tues day. s Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Kissel, of Portland, spent the week end at the Healy ranch. Doris Healy accompanied them on their return home. Dr. H. C. Curry, eye sight spe cialist of Seattle will be in Boardman boon, watcn ror the date in the Mirror. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jocobson, Portland and Dr. and Mrs. W. OREGON NEWS NOTES OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS HAPPENING DURING WEEK Production of the 126 mills report- erally good, according to a report on ing to the West Coast Lumbermen's the Oregon crop situation prepared bv HKPOKT OF COUNTY xi hsk i'oi: JULY of T. association for the week ending Au gust 6 was 7 per cent below normal and new business was 7 per cent above production, according to a report just issued. Shipments for the week were 10 per cent above production. That money will not be so free in Linn county this winter as formerly Is evident from the fact that many farmers have harvested practically no crop by reason of the dry weather. The unprecedented drouth has stunt ed the grain so that it could not be cut, and the farmers are turning the stock into it. The potatoes in Union county are not, generally speaking, fit for seed certification, according to E. R. Jack man, extension specialist of the Ore- Tiller of Arlington were visitors) at ! gon A8ricultural college, who has just ii . . i OVfimlno Ofl A A4 S. P. ROUNDHOUSE DAMAGED DY BOMRS Rosevllle, Cal. Five bombs thrown Into the Southern Pacific railroad yards here shook the yards, tore huge holes in the ground and broke window panes when they exploded in front of roundhouse No. 1 and at the Pacific Fruit Express company Icehouse. Deputy United States Marshal Sul livan and state police officer Costa were slightly wounded by lead from a shotgun when they ran outside the railroad property in an effort to ap prehend the bomb thrower and were tired upon from across the street. . Although an Immediate search was ......... . .. .. . V. . W - 1 was found, and they are believed to have all escaped in automobiles. The bombs were of the black pow der type, and exploded with heavy de tonations. A deputy United States marshal expressed the belief that some of the bombs contained shrapnel because of the manner In which round house windows were shattered. the Healy home Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Deweese spent Sun day with the Hopkins. Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Dix, and fam ily of Molalla, Oregon returned home Monday after visiting with Mr. Dix's sister, Mrs. Bonney. Ida Mefford and Myrtle McNeill left Thursday morning for Portland, where Miss Mefford will visit for a few days with Odessa Leonard, before school starts. Mrs. Veda Dlayden of Santa Anna, California, is visiting at the Blayden home. She is a sister-in-law ofMay or Blayden. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Warren are again at home after an trip to the coast and to during buyer's week. Vivian Rogers, Mayor Blayden's examined 200 acres of potatoes with the view of certifying them for semi Only one small field was passed by Mr. Jackman. Leaf mosaic was the chief cause of rejecting the crops for seed. One hundred and sixty-two citizens, including slx'sy-two women of Marion county, were subpoenaed to appear at Salem Monday in the Olcott-Hall re count case. They were cited to answer charges of Illegal voting. The list Included forty-seven residents from twelve precincts in Salem. The largest number subpoenaed from any one precinct was forty from Mount Angel. Large yields of honey are being reported by apiarists on the Hermis ton project this year, which is prov ing one of the best honey years In the history of the project. H. W. enjoyable L,oudermilk, who has some 20 stands Portland f ees on his ranch northwest of Hermiston, has kept an accurate ac count of two extractions from one stand of bees and has taken off 267 SOFT COAL STRIKE ENDS little grand-niece, has returned to pounds from the sinele hive her home in Walla Walla after a 1 The state budget commission creat pleasant visjt in Boardman. d hy the 1921 session of the state leg- I Islature held its initial conference Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Phlpps, of Her- with heads of state institutions at miston stopped off in Boardman on Salem. Estimated financial needs of their way home from an auto trip the institutions for the biennlum of to the coast and paid their old friends 1923-24 were discussed and It was Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gorham a short : 8ald another meeting will be held in viist one day this) week. Jack Gorham Is taking his vaca tion this week. Whether he goes anywhere will depend entirely upon his getting the car fixed, so it is; not about two weeks. The members of the commission are Governor Olcott, Secretary of State Kozer and State Treasurer Hoff. The winter wheat crop in this state is turning out better than was expect at all likely that he will get further ed aJd the quaHty of the crop is gen- than Arlington at the rate he has pro gressed for the past few days. As credit should be given where credit Is due, we will mention that Mrs. Lee Mead and children were guests at Mrs. Boardman's on the same day that others mentioned in last week's issue were there, and that she also assisted us in revising the play. 4- PORTLAXDERS SEE BOAKDMA.N PROJECT m U Kent, agricultural statistician of the bureau of agricultural economics Of the department of agriculture. The report said that with the exception of the winter wheat crop, however, crops throughout the state showed a decline in condition. Utilization of the Deschutes river and its tributaries for irrigation of approximately 14,000 acres in the Des chutus basin, with incidental power development, was recommended to the federal power commission in a report of a board of engineers. By using the upper Deschu; n for irrigation an aggregate of 555,000 horsepower could be developed on the lower river, the engineers found, and if the upper Deschutes storage be used for power, the aggregate horsepo ,ver would be Conservative estimates place he alue of the recent rain at $1,000,009 to western Oregon, judging from the jjkuu,o...i U .ucreaseu ..gr. cultural crops which will be caused by the arrival of the much needed moisture. At the sa.:ie time the rain was said to have caused some damage to cut hay and grain crops, but this whs believed to have been immaterial com pared to the benefit. While the rain came too late to have any appreciable effect upon the grain crops it will prove a great stimulus to the potato and various vegetable crops and to the pastures, many of which had been burned out by the dry weather. It will also help materially the apple, pear and prune crops and will prove of some Deuent to the hops. The initial step by the recall-elected public service commission looking to a reduction of the rates of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company in Oregon was taken at an executive ses sion of that body held In Salem. The action of the commission was based on a resolution which provided that the attorney-general withdraw his answer to the complaint In the suit filed by Robert Duncan and others of Portland, to set aside an order of the Old public service commission issued February 28, 1921. authorizing an in crease in the rates of the 1'aeific Tele phone & Telegraph company. It is said that If the provisions of the reso lution are carried out by the attorney general it will mean that the case will go by default and the telephone com pany will have no alternative other than throwing the e&tlre rale proceed lues in the courts. Number of cases cared for, 26. Number of calls made: Investigative, 10, Instructive, 2a, Nursing care, 30. Miscellaneous, 18, Total 81. Service rendered by county court, 2; county physician 3. Number of office hours kept, 22. Number of office calls, 12. Number of committee meetings, I, Number of talks given, 6. Number of letters written, 48. Social service ca-ses cared for, 3. Dr. Johnsjton. of Arlington, who makes regular trips to Boardman, kindly consented to hold a free cli nic here at which 21 children at tended, accompanied by their parents and 12 of them were found to be badly in need of medical attention and more need to be closely watched. KXCOI HAGING .NOTE OX l.MATIIXA RAPIDS PROJKC An encouraging note on the pos sibility of the building of a big hydro electric plant at Umatilla Rapids by SENATE APPROVES FLEXIBLE TARIFF President Gets Authority to Increase or Decrease Rates. Washington, D. C. A flexible tariff plan, proposing authority for the pres ident to increase or decrease tariff rates in the pending bill until July I, 1924, was approved by the senate. The vote was 36 to 20, with three republi cans opposing and two democrats sup porting. Just before approving the plan the senate adopted, 34 to 19, an amend ment by Senator Bursum, New Mexico, which would provide that after July 1, 1924, no duties could be changed ex cept by authority of congress. The plan as finally approved Is a sharp modification of that originally proposed. The president is prohibited from using American valuation except In the case of dyes and certain coal tar products covered In two paragraphs ... iucia. government sometime in , of the bill, and is required to base the future was uttered Monday by A. ! changes in rates on the differences In P. Davis, director of the Reclamation! the "costs of production" at home and service or the department ol the in- abroad Instead of on differences in terior In a speech he gave at a lunch- "conditions of competition." eon at Herniston. Final vote on the tariff bill will be Kred Sleiwer made an address in taken next Saturday, it was decided h. half of the Umatilla rapids. Some-1 bv adoption of the unanimous consent thing of what it will mean to the whole state of Oregon and the North west to have the big project develop ed was discusKjcd by the Pendleton at torney. He gave figures to show the development and the production (hat becomes a reality by reason of the dam being built. F. H. Newell, former director of the Reclamation Service was also a member of the party which made the inspection of the rapids Monday morning and later enjoyed the lunch eon, The inspection is the first offi cial inspection that has) been made. r. t,-. , f o, Vh speecti delivered by the direct or followed a morning which was .spent in Inspecting the site of the proposed dam and power site at I'ma ' ilia rapids which would generate hundred Of thousands of horse power of electricity. There is more than $4,000,000 de linquent money due the service- now liy settlers in Irrigation dlstrlctsi he said, and construction work on new projects will be held up pending r celpl of Ibis money, he indicated agreement offered by Senator Met 'um ber, chairman Of the senate finance committee. Operators and Miners Ratify Agree ment to Bring About Settlement. Cleveland, O. Both operators and miners Tuesday ratified an agreement to bring about settlement of the soft coal strike. Boardman captured the 1925 Fair Caravan at Castle Rock, six miles west of Boardman, on Sunday after noon. As each drove up it was way laid and a guide attached and the car detoured through the 2500 acres of alfalfa fields of the Boardman pro- The settlement provides that the Jecl' K'vm' a Practical demonstration miners shall be returned to work at j 01 wnal water will do in the develop- tne same scale or wages that were in urusn uesert. up- effect when they went on strike; the new contract is to continue in force until next April 1; the agreement also piovides for appointment of an advis ory fact finding commission, a part of its duties to consider future set tlements of disputes in the coal Industry. There was one fatality In Oregon due to Industrial accidents during the week ending August 10, according to a report prepared by the state In dustrial accident commission. Tbe vic tim was S E Myers, electrician, of Albany. A total of 667 aecidents were reported during tbe week. on arrival at Boardman a goodly crowd of citizens, gathered in a shady street, listened to the informal ad dress of Mayor Baker and expressed their good will by hearty applause. The members of the Caravan were filled to the brim with luscious water melon grown on the project and speeded on their way to Hermiston and Pendleton. A. H. Johnson, president or the Coffee Cup luncb room 1 ordered a ton of Boardman watermelons to be sent him every day during the season. He said the melons he tasted here were the beat in the market. y ruEBi'e, a I yasy mow wi'U i fl fir HSN CACKLING Sp 60 ' GET THE i A U 11 L e, e' I j I E60S- - I I . 9 GET the v,Lk P f A flb -r : s x SHIP SUBSIDY BILL MAY WAIT Washington, D. C Reconvening of the bouse Tuesday found the republi can leaders as reluctant to press the administration ship subsidy bill as they were when the recess was taken. Although It was understood when the recess was consented to by President Harding that the subsidy bill, which is on the house calendar would be taken up at once upon the return to work, no plans have been made for going ahead with It. That the administration has taken no steps to obtain action on Hie sub sidy bill at this time is officially ex plained as being due to the fact that the president has been engrossed with the serious situation resulting from the railroad and coal strikes. President Harding's threat some months ago that he would convene con gress In special Session In case it failed to acf upon the ship subsidy bill is not likely to be a factor in the situation. Congress long ago gave up hopes of an early adjournment. The present ses sion will continue until the tariff bill Is enacted Into law, which may be some time in October. When adjournment Is finally taken not more than a few weeks will remain before the regular December session. CLATSOP SHERIFF LOSES Unofficial Returns Show Harley J. Slusher Elected. Astoria, Or. Returns from the spe cial election In Clatsop county show that Sheriff Nelson was recalled by a majority of 421 Harley J sitisher was elected sheriff by a majority of 438 to serve during the remainder of the term which will expire January 1, 1925. The total vote cast In the sheriff contest was 4682, practically equal to that for governor at the primary election. Washington, D. C. -John H. Quit Jr. was Confirmed by the seriate uh a member of the federal farm loan hoard. This Is the position for which Senator M. -Nary recommended Qeorge Mansfield or ifedford, president of the Oregon farm bun an. Mexican Oii Huli j Criticised. Washington, I). C. Forum! an nouncement that recent oil land de cisions of the Mexican supreme court do not, In the opinion of officials here, effectively protect the rights of Amer ican laud owners, Is made In a state ment Issued by the state department.