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About The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1922)
The Boardman Mirror Boardman, Oregon prm.ismcn kvetiv Friday MARK A. CLEVELAND, Publisher f,06 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Entered a: second-class matter Feb. n, 1921, at the post office at Board men. Ore., under ad of Mar 1879. Printing is the in.1 panion of achievement (.Table com R. T. Pott Printing is the Inseparable com panion of achievement.- R. T, Porio HASH TIM' HIS AUOITT TAXATION An old ind i : n ii ii :-h there drhl lii for th ri i nature and i privilege of being governed. Death comes only once and unlike (axes does not repeat (he peri on a ance with increasing Errors. TIm tax collectors are like undertaker, running a constantly increasing bill, shilling the burden on lojueone else has been a popular game lo camou flage the Issue. Tax questions oiler Ihe politician one of the most lerlib fields of quackery and demagogy. It was-) found in Wisconsin that rail roads were taxed 20 per cent Of their earnings; in the same state and in the name year, manufacturing con cerns were taxed three per cent. Doth added Ihe lax lo Ihe COSt el Hie WOT vice they rendered lo the people Of Wisconsin, it is explained thai per cent of $10(1 valuation is no more than one per cent of $300 valuation. Hut it done not stop there. When the valuation is raised the three per cent goes right on. in i !i 1 7 Federal taxes on corporations were two billion more than in 1!)1H liui the net in come of lhe.se corporations, alter .paying two billions more tax, was the same. Taxes are either handed on to ihe consumer pr they are taken out ol Ihe surplus fund. The bigger the taxes the smaller l he surplus and pavings left in the hands of the peo ple. Taxes should be levied with some Intelligent rule us to Ihe ability Of the citizen lo pay Hut taxation that eats Up all Ihe surplus of Indi viduals or corporations is slow sui cide. The tlnfU thing lo do about taxed is to reduce them and then1 plenly will remain and will Increase, j Taxes are like weed send the., spring , up and multiply from scattering the tax money ubotit. plus war materials destined lo build good roads. Good roads are the art eries through which the nation's wealth must travel. The issue was( raised by the ship ment of material by the Bureau of Public Roads, in the United States Department of Agriculture, to state Highways departments. The inaterittl was shipped as "conn-actor's" equipment, thereby giving it the advantage of a low rate. The' railroads objected. They wanted the states to pay "lens-than carload rates' on various Itemsj in sucli shipments even when the aggregate filied Ihe car. The contention of the bureau was that since none of the material is new, and that as it is all intended for use In road construction It should have the low rale allowed for con tractor's equipment, The Commission upheld this con-; Newest Frock lention and as a re, alone from Schew iioise, Idaho, saved $7! i ml (on..iuently to II would seem that this cularly happy lime foi nil , one shipim nl rtady, N. Y., to he taxpayers. Is not a part i Lhe railroads to make a fight against public Inter est. There is no reason why the low er rale should not prevail and every reason why it should. True, improved roads and the dev elopment of Ihe auto truck mean a reduction In the railroad short haul, but 'hat is a natural development, and the time has gone by when it is considered wise to smash machinery because ii speeds up production. PROHIBITION THK MAIN I8BWE Prohibition will be a dominant Is sue in not fewer than 30 state this fall, and results will be watched with more than usual interest. The wets contend they are certain of victory, while the drys openly slate that if no other force kills( the hopo tor "liglit wines and beers" it will die at the bandt of the bootleggers who are malting loo much money under iheir present system to pel mil dum , ';' ' '': mjf- pm Pt III It AT I, AST RKtXMJMZKD YVi '. ''N0ve 6 j T WHAT A j iWfT AAOti 6OO0! I I Li' ', I Even the inosjt severe critics Of the Interstate Commerce Commission win approve lis recent ruling that Insures a low rate for the shipment of stir you face the world and try to do something for the benefit of mankind, vow are confronted with retioui problems. SOME PR UJLLMS How to solve them, how to eradicate t b c evils, and how to succeed in the work ol gen eral betterment is, of course. great task. The (ol lowing prob lems if solved, would bring America peace, happiness, and prosperity Lei in wive thrin. KIR SI -Apathy America's peo ple luce good humor. l-oed tiicm well ami permit them to sleep and the) wil. laugh through any storm I sud rid through any disaster Im mediately alter 'he disasters of hie naic ipperentiy pssea, now they s'Mli down into a :.iir sp.c- v jut condition teltlina upon us. I'm inn the war, we pripi'.-atioii. watchfulness Curbing of all radical forces When peace was announced, we tettti I bach into the habit of eating, sleep ing, and laughing. The "red'' forces didn't sleep ; the powers siitavi-misiie to good government Of is today preached and the didn't sleep Apathy is the enemy ol pieparation. America has never been ready for any 'war, and .inlc.- s We cure apathy, wc will never be ready lor any battle. Every boy in America should have at hast three months of military training; every young man in America should take advantage nf the Citizen's TrUining Camp everv summer. SKCOND- Broken family altars. Ninety-three per cent ol the homes ol America are without familv al tos and ninetv-nine per cent of the homes of the world are without t midy altars. Yon cannot rear a family in an un -Godly atmosphere and give to the world virtuous mhis and i lie liters. Millions ol our peo ple have passed through the in- tamous divorce court because the family altar was not in the home to check the march toward domestic destruction. T HIRD Sabbath desecration. Men cannot ignore the law of God which commands every man to stand still and rest on the first day ol the week. The Sabbath dese cration which is on the increase in this country is largely responsible for the confusion, the chaos, and the anarchy that is rampant in this land. Bring men back to the ob servance of the Holy Sabbath POTj K'l'H Neglected spiritual duties. It is the duty of every man to be in his church pew every Sun day morning, to give his child a spiritual education, to set before his family a spiritual example and to give some of his time to the spiritual work ol the church. Men are neg- i K i ting thtir churches; they are for. ' getting their spiritual duties: they are omitting to pay their obligations to (iod. America was intended to be a land of Christian people. You can t be Christian and neglect your spiri tual obligations. fX7 !; 7 IT W H i A cothbined kimons and circular hell sleeve: trimmed in distinctive deiign with white embroidery, lea turcs this new fall frock .f moroc can crfpe. A roll collar which opens into a V neck and the broad en:! sash ar also embroidered. Tiu- length- we.il it's hack. the traffic to become legalised, New York and .New Jersey are all "bet up" over the issue, which also will be paramount In all the New England stats and in Missouri. Pen nsylvania Will face the queslion, as; will Maryland, Delaware, West Vir ginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennes.sea, Colorado, Ohio, Wisconsin, Wadiing lon, Nebraska, Michigan, California, Oregon, Utah, Louisiana, Texas, Okla homa and Florida. Pennsylvania wels pretend they are sure of victory, but Ihe recent sweep of the Progressive Ptochot points the ether way. It would be difficult to predict the outcome in many of the slates but il is lo be hoped that what ever be the verdict il will result in an obedience lo law. A decided dry victory will most emphatically ex press the will of the people, and un less the bedrock of American govern ment is lo be dynamited the sooner the expressed will of the people is obeyed the belter. And it will not hurt If Uncle Sam himself leads t he way on the one or two of the seven I scan he is now managing to navigate. ! Because the Climate is Good, People are Sociable Intelligent Enterprising Town is New and Growing Location Well Chosen Half way between The Dalles and Pendleton On O-W Railroad On Columbia River Soil Will Raise Anything I Water for Irrigation from West Extension of Umatilla Project r - 2-' ---SL- JL'JL ft- J. PI jJSOV JJ In summer cveiun's, calm an1 Itilt, We used to hear the whip poor will send forth his plaintive note; we htard the twitter of the frotr the baying of the old coon-d.iu r., -the c.nuitin' of the shot. . . . The glory of the summer night, when cricket's chirp an' skceter's bite, lent sperit to the hour, tiklightfvi in its warp an woof, the rain-dmps on the chipboard roof, grow dreamers full of power. . . . Rut now. .lias! The nuHlern way oonm cue-s when wc hit the hay, an rns the midnight lu ll. . . W'e hear the stpuw ks from Timhuotoo WlKELIiSS the dismal groans from Waterloo, We gather m all noise that's n .:. , broadcasted through the air. . . . ami ketch he hymns of hate an' i I used to U c a poult ICC hot, for it uw innai'i pains i got to uraw em to the s in,- but I am t ct no keen desire fer rigs that draw without no wiic, an' fetch byj i in I - the frenzied shucks from hell! the (Wvilish rot of every grade; We tunc our dingus up at night, ite, that's let oil everywhere! V;; 'XV cyi 2 LJAI.P of w : b. to think A I before . tie- ,u, We just think we mink. '. v herf v. .. je to forty we're sti"' iools I ; some of us know it. "kc hav . right 'j expect twenty-tin e, ..s of hie. At forty-live we ni txpe. o live twenty --ars. at b : ty can look forward to sixteen years and at fifty-live, thietcen years and the bell will ring if it don't rinjj before. Fancy a fellow having tinrt cu years to live taking time (;.;!( I'm ing. He sleeps half the time That cuts him down to six and a half years. Chop out holidays, Sundays, time for three a day and he's iiist got time to start what he he;-. finish. Come to think of it. f I i ' -tl better u- u picking on ti.a 0. .1 fellow and get bay. McKay Creek Dam Will b; built, assuring more acreage under water Boardman Is a New Town But Not a Boom Town ec ret any of Commercial Club