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THE BOARDMAN MIRROR
VOLUME 2
BOARDMAN, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1922
NUMBER 36
REHEARING IN S. P.
CASE IS DENIED
Protracted Litigation Over Di
vorce of Southern and Cen
tral Pacific Ends. -
Washington, D. C. The supreme
court denied a rehearing of the case
brought by the United States, in which
it directed the Southern Pacific com
pany to divorce itself of ownership
and control over the Central Pacific
railroad.
The court at its last term rendered
an opinion which reversed the United
States district court for Utah and held
that the ownership and control of the
Central Pacific by the Southern Pa
cific was in violation of the Sherman
anti-trust act on the ground that the
two systems were competing under
the law.
After the decision of the court last
June a number of petitions were pre
sented to congress from commercial
and other organizations discussing the
probable effect of the decision. Some
urged and others opposed its enforce
ment, but the supreme court, in re
fusing to reopen the case, brought the
protracted litigation to its last stages,
and a mandate will now issue under
which the United States district court
for Utah will proceed to give effect to
the decision.
TURKS ARE TOLD TO
ACCEPT OR MCE WAR
Mudania. The allied generals sub
mitted their final armistice conven
tion to Ismet Pasha,' the Turkish na
tionalist representative, Monday night
"We have gone to the extremity
of concessions," declared Lieutenant
General Harrington.
"The convention we submitted is
Great Britain's last word. It now
rests with Angora whether the world
shall have peace or war."
The allied terms include withdrawal
of the Turkish troops from the neu
tral zones of the Dardanelles and Bos
porus, a limitation of the number of
Turkish gendarmes to be allowed In
Eastern Thrace, and non-occupation
of that province by the Turkish army
until after a peace treaty is signed
Ismet thanked General Harrington and
his colleagues and said he hoped the
Angora assembly would approve the
terms.
WASHINGTON WHEAT SHORT
Spring Yield for 1922 Placed at
10,552,000 Bushels.
Spokane, Wash. The spring wheat
crop of Washington for 1922 is placed
at 10,552,000 busheflfc according to
figures announced by G. S. Hoy, agri
cultural statistician, in charge of the
division of crops and livestock esti
mates of the United States depart
ment of agriculture here. The yield
Is estimated at 9.2 bushels an acre,
one of the lowest yields to an acre cn
record. The spring wheat production
in 1921 was 17,2i'5,0O0 bushels. The
quality of this year's crop is estimnt
ed at 84 per cent, as against 91 per
cent last year.
OREGON PRODUCTS DINNER
The Ladies Aid of the Community
Church are making extensive plans
for an "Oregon Product" dinner on
election day, November 7. Lonjt
forget the date and be sure and have
dinner with the Indies. The menu
will be published later.
School district No. 25, received a
car of coal last week and Mr. Mes-seng'-r
delivered the coal in the
school house basement.
Wh'.-n in Pendleton over night, slop
at Ho .il I . 'on. ; I t
LOCAL
NOTESjJ
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OREGON NEWS NOTES OF PRINCIPAL
EVENTS HAPPENING DURING WEEK
Miss Rachel Johnson had he mis
fortune last week to dislocate a bone
in the back of her neck, while riding
horseback. She was taken to Herra
iaton for osteopathic treatment.
Tom Johnson, of Echo, was calling
on Boardman friends the fore part of
the week.
The local grange received a car
of lump coal this week, which was
sold to its members at $11.70 a ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Warren were
supper guests on Thursday at the
John Jenkins home.
.'vs. Amos Strait, of Boulder was
vi'-iting friends here over the weak
end. The Mispjes Belle Packard and
Eihel Broyles were shopping in The
Dalles on Friday and Saturday.
'.Irs. Clay Warren returned Satur-'
d; .vith the two children, from sev
eral week's stay in Portland.
dleton, homelike and rates reasonabl
You will find Hotel Dorion, Pen-
tin. Dale Albright, who had been
vi iting friends and relatives on the
co iat, returned Sunday.
The County Game Warden was
here Friday, calling on some of his
friends.
business! visitors in Arlington on
Saturday.
Miss Ida Mefford has been very
ill for the past week with malaria
fever.
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Chas. Dillabough was conf-ned to
his bed several days last week with
lu mbago.-.
Mr. Super of Portland, is visiting
his daughter, Mrs. Hirshel Binns.
Messre. Dillon and Weston were
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Berger motor d to
Portland on a business and pleasure
trip last week.
Sidney McReynolds, of Pilot Rock,
was a guest, last week of his sister,
Mrs. N. A. Macomber.
Mrs. Ray Crowder was a visitor at
The Dalles on Saturday and Sunday. ,
Judge and Mrs. Campbell of Hep-
pner, County Commissioners L. D v
idson and George Bleakman, of R p
ner and V. Gentry of Hardman, wer.i j
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. John
Jenkins on Thursday. The County
commissioners were inspecting the
roads in thisi distric tand gave Mr.
Jenkins much praise for his efficiency
in the work.
Mrs. N. A. Macomber was in Cecil
on Wednesday attending the funeral
of George Nolton. Mr. Nolton has
visited here many times, as the
guest of his grandson, Herbert Ever
ett. 4
A good many of our farmers have
posted their farms with "No Hunt:nr'
signs. This is done more to keep out
the foreign hunters than local ones.
The -garage has a number of these
signs which it will give to any one
who asks for them.
Judge Campbell, who was here in
specting the roads with the county
commissioners, states that the best
road work in Morrow county has; been
done in the Boardman district, and
if all our road taxes were paid up, all
main, roads could be covered with
cement gravel. He Biro reports tb.it
for the month of September the road
payroll for Boardman district was
$3,000, and that since June, the piy
roll has averaged approximately
$2,000 a month.
A new pit of cement gravel has
bees opened up, but after a few days
of Masting, it was found to be shal
low and now Mr. Jenkins is prospect
ing for another.
The new re-circulating system of
drying prunes, worked out by Profes
sor E. H. Wiegand of Oregon Agri
cultural college, has proved success
ful In tests made in the Umpqua valley
tlrs year, and if generally adopted will
save the prune growers more than
$U,0,000 annually in Douglas county,
according to County Agent Cooney.
The state board of control, at a spe
cial meeting approved plans for the
first four buildings to be erected on
the site of the Oregon employment
institution for the adult blind in Port
land at East Eighty-fifth and Glisan
streets. The plans approved Include
the administration building, mer's
dormitory, workshop and power plant.
A school district is a municipal cor
poration, and therefore is not liable
for damages resulting from injuries
suffered by school children while be
ing transported to and from school.
This was announced by I. H. Van
Winkle, attorney-general, In an opin
ion written at the request of J. A.
Churchill, state superintendent of
schools.
Summaries of the valuation of six
counties in Oregon for the year 1922
have been received at the offices of
the state tax commission. With the
exception of Crook and Polk coun
ties the counties thus far reporting
have showed slight decreases in their
valuations for the year 1922, when
compared with the valuations for the
year 1921.
E. R. Johnson, surveyor from the
district forest office in Portland, and
E. H. Hall, examiner in the office
of the Caspade national forest in Eu
gene, are making a survey for a road
to extend 15 miles from High Prairie
to the Brook ranger station on the
north fork of the Willamette above
Oakrldge. The road is designed for
fire protection purposes.
The city council of Roseburg was
too late in framing its measures to
appear on the ballot at the coming
election and the condemnation of the
present water and light plant and the
issuance of bonds for the purchase
of a fire engine must be left for a
special election if approval or rejec
tion is to be obtained from the voters,
according to City Attorney Wimberly.
Members of the Oregon public serv
ice commission, after completing a
series of hearings in Salem, will go to
Portland where they will confer with
engineers with relation to a mass of
exhibits and statistical evidence in
troduced by (he Pacific Telephone &
Te'egraph company in the telephone
rate hearing. The taking of testimony
in the case has been postponed until
October 26.
Brigadier-General George A. White,
head of the Oregon national guard,
has received official notification of
the recent war department order an
nouncing thai military saluting be
tween officers and enlisted men of the
regular army, national guard and other
elements of the national defense has
been discarded except on military
reservations and under limited cir
cumstances. The Edenbower section of paving,
recently laid on the Pacific highway,
has been opened, eliminating a bad de
tour. At present there Is only about
400 feet of detour north of Roseburg.
' This last section will be ready to open
! for traffic soon. Good progress is
being made In paving the Canyonville
I section which will be completed In
' about 50 days. One-half of the high
way is being paved at a time.
In cage a school district has sus
pended school, the district board has
authority, if it seen fit, to arrange for
the instruction of pupils residing in
such diBtrlct with any adjoining or
Other district either within or outside!
the state, and the hoard of school I
directors has the right to pay the
tuition of such pupils. This was the
opinion given by the attorney-general
at the request of the state superin
tendent of public instruction.
The world war veterans state aid
commission, up to September 30, has
disbursed $8,042,352.40 in the payment
of applications for cash hones and
'.?iis, according to a report prepared
by Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state.
Cash bonus paid by the commission
during the period totaled $4,193,098.61,
while the loans aggregated $3,84!!.
253.79. The applications for cash
bonus numbered 18,926, while the ap
plications for loans aggregated 1545.
The suit brought by the W'urren
Brothers company to collect royalty
from the state for patented pavement!
laid by Oscar Huber, state contractor,
will be carried to the highest court for
final determination, according to a
statement made by L. A. Liljequist,
assistant attorney-general, who han
dled tiie case in the federal court.
The action was tried lit the United
States district court in Portland, I 'i
the result tint Jtdge Bean ruled i.i
favor of the plaintiffs. The slon
carrieil a judgment in the bDOUwi of
approximately $18,000.
BURGLARS PILFER STANFIELD
storks SUNDAY NIGHT
Between twelve and oue o'clock
Sunday night, theives drove into
Slanfield in a light car, broke into
two businesis houses and stole
merchandise valued at between $250
and $300. 1. It. Laurance's store
was entered by breaking the glass in
the front door and a quantity of lea
ther vests and sweaters and other
merchandise. They als,o visited the
Slanfield Garage where they helped
themselves to about 5 gallons of oil,
a tire and other accessories. En
trance to the garage was made by
picking the padlock on the door.
They took the seat cushions out of
Dill Penney's Ford, which was stand
ing in the street, and attempted to
remove a wheel, but gave it up, pro
bably being frightened away by a
parsing car. The robberies were
not discovered until the next morning
when the local police and the sheriff's
office 'were notified. No clue has
been found up to the present time.
WALTER M. PIERCE ADDRESSES
LOCAL CROWD AT BOARDMAN
Walter M. Pierce spoke to a good
crowd in the school auditorium Sat
urday night in the interest of his
candidacy for governor on the Dem
ocratic ticket. He favors a reduc
tion of the state budget where possi
ble without affecting the efficiency
of education, road development and
the state institutions, a decrease in
the number of state employes nnd
state owned autos, and consolidation
of commissions and in spreading the
burden of tax to those not now paying
any tax. Mr. Pierce favors a gross
-riingH ta.;, a graduated Inoome lax,
and a severance tax. Sam H. Board
man introduced the speaker. Re
freshments were served at the close
of the meeting.
A. E. McFarland, of Umatilla re
ceived the unaminnus vole rf the
Boardman precinct for director of the
West Extension Irrigation district,
for three years..
APPLES AT COST
On and after October IS, 1 will dis
pose of my entire apple crop, consist
ing of 1000 boxes of Rome duties,
Winesaps and Grimes Golden. T'lese
applet are absolutely fre Horn
worms. Sale takes place at my
ranch 2 miles north of Hermit ton,
October 13, and will continue until
crop is sold. Purchasers are advised
to bring boxes as an extra charge
will be made for container.
Walter Botkln
Fall Friends
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SALE OF LIQUOR ON
SHIPS PROHIBITED
All Vessels Barred From Hav
ing Liquor Aboard in Amer
ican Territorial Waters.
Washington, D. C. All vessels,
American and foreign-owned, are pro
hibited from having liquor on board
In American territorial waters under
an interpretation of the prohibition
amendment and the enforcement act
handed down by the department of
justice.
Moreover, the transportation or sale
of intoxicants on American craft,
wherever operated, was held to be in
hibited. American territorial waters were
construed to include those not only
within the three-mile limit of con
tinental United States but also those
within the same limit of the Philip
pines, the Hawaiian islands, Porto
Rico, the Virgin islands and Alaska.
So far as American ships are con
cerned, the sale or transportation
of liquor will cease at once, or as
soon as those vessels reach their home
ports. In tin' case of foreign ships the
decision will become operative as soon
as the necessary regulations can be
prepared and promulgated by the
treasury department.
Court action looking to a final
determination of the application of
American dry laws to foreign ships en
tering American ports were foreseen
by both Attorney-General Daughtery
and Chairman Lasker of the shipping
board.
RED GROSS BEGINS
NEAR EAST DRIVE
Washington D. C Plans for imme
diate relief work In the near east
overshadowed all else when the annual
convention of the American Bed Cross
was openeil here Monday by ltd chair
man, Judge John Barton Payne. Thou
sands of delegates were lu attendance
from all parts of the country.
Judge Payne read a letter from Pres
ident Harding, who was unable to at
tend the opening session, expressing
satisfaction because of the organiza
tion's unfailing strength and readiness
for every emergency.
President Harding has designated
the American Bed CrosB and the Near
Fast Belief to supervise the collection
and administration of a near east
emergency fund, a drive for which Is
to be started at once.
ThlR decision was announced by the
president late Sunday, following con
ferences with a special committee of
which Will ii i lays ts chairman,
CANCELLING DEBTS FOUGHT
Senators Say America Should Make
No More Loans.
Washington, I). ('. Cancellation of
allied debts to the United States was
opposed unanimously by three senators-
McKinley, republican, Illinois;
Sienrer, republican, Missouri, and
Harris, democrat, Georgia, in discus
sing their impressions of an extensive
tnur of Europe, where thny were Amer
ican delegates to the inter parliamen
tary peace union.
All three agreed on. their arrival
here that there was much suffering
and economic distress In I'hirope, but
that the American government should
make no more loans there. They united
In predictions that Germany would
work herself out of her present diffi
ilt v
Q . .er on U. 8. Oil Reserve.
Casper, Wyo. The first gusher to
be hi )Ugbt in OH the Ti ipot Dome,
United StateH n.ival reserve, forty
miles from Casper, came lu with an
estimated flow of about 20, WOO barrels
dally. This will be the largest oil
well lu Wyoming
1000 After Baltimore Dry Agents.
Baltimore. Itiot calls were sent to
all eight Baltimore police stations
when a crowd of more than loou per
sons surrounded a saloon, which was
raided by prohibition agents, and
threatened the lives of the agc'tla.
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