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About The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1923)
The Boardman Mirror Boardman. Oregon PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MARK A. CLEVELAM), Publisher ,2.1K PER YE R II IDVAWCE. Entered as second-class matter April 22, 1921, at the postoffice at I'ma tllla, Ore., under act of Mar. 3, 1879 Printing is the inseparable com panion of achievement, li. T. 1'orte We Get a fP.ise ! Our self-centered, ambitious neigh bor, Hcrmiston, the sprightly little burg with tiic taking ways, has at last drawn the grand prize as an editor for their weekly paper. The fifth one in less than (hive years is ilie charm of all. Tliis bird they winged has al! the country editors beat forty ways from the jack and is in a class by itself, for wilh very few exceptions, all th editors we know are at least able to spell, have some conception of grammar, and have judgment and reason enough not to misquote nor to tackle a sentence they are unabb lo handle liul this young geniuf from Wasco has pinned his name to I hi' nasthead and proclaims himself an editor, whether he has any quali fications or nol. In an abortive attempt to' ay something smart and answer the ar ticle we published showing Hermis ton commercial club's selfish and covert, action in Irving lo divert I In' Wallula cut-off from IIh natural course, Ibis young, aspiring journal ist from the sage and juniper coun try displays such an utter lack of knowledge of the English language, that In talking to him or in writing for bis benefit, we will never use any geometrical expressions arithmetic evB IS beyond him. He don't know that 2 and 2 Is -1 and ii Is nol to be expected that he knows straight Up, We will send him a spelling book and a geography, so he may post himself and be some credit, al least, lo the profession. I'ntll be getis the spelling book and geography, be mlghl use a railroad li ne table .ind find oiii how to spell Stanfleld and note bow Hermislon is located on a branch line, lift there thru courtesy of the railroad when it made the short line to Messner. Ho wants to soli pedal the llagslop stuff. The same muse that inspired bint, prompt! us to versify: I.illti' llayniond Crowder Fell Into l he chowder I, ut being a clam lie cared nol a panicle Hut "hollered" all i he loudi r. I PERSONALLY Wi'JT, JTUATJLVVLLY DRY Self-respecting Americans now have further opportunity to view the further activities of the Offlce-hold-ng hypocrites that infest the Con gress, and the line, stretches from one end of the notice corridor to '.he other end ol the Senate offices, i line composed of that grand army if political cowards who are person lily wet bin politically dry. We can feel respect for the poll ician whether la- be lor or against irohlbition if lie be honest in his conviction, even though we may have no respect whatever for his opinion or lor the things he stands for, bui the poltroon who puts the birthright of his manhood on the auction block and sells his common decency for a mess of political pot tage should be booted out of public so to so rrLEs an Horn BOARDMAN uwi.uoa nri'jfju 'UK B1KDS Certain species of hawks have a speed of 200 feet a second, or about f 186 miles an hour, says the Biologi- E-i cal Survey of the United States De- partment of Agriculture. This might i.i a suitable rate for a racing air- MORROW COUNTY, OREGON-A NEW AND GROWING TOWN o J re, America never has and never will ?aln anything from the service of he hypocrite and trimmer In the legislative, the judicial or the xrcutive department of our govern nent. Truly the type of which we love to think, l he type of men who Hood at Valley Forge, has changed when we keep hypocrites in office and depend upon such men to pro tect and shape the destiny of the nal ion. It is common knowledge thai our Congress is Infested with this hy brid mob of trucklers for "popular endorsement ." Pozens if not hun dreds of them daily viola le I he law, taking their "nips" like the most experienced of booze Fighters. They rtiisie l he glass with one hand and with the other write philipics against "those who would undermine our consl ItUtion." One need think only of the Ship ping Hoard with the holy Lasker al Ihe helm lo realize how far hypoc risy can go unless it be lashed into decency by exposure in the public press. The House and Ihe Senate even vet need just this same kind of house cleaning. Indeed, the dignity of t hi' bench may safely be termed a mockery that might justify recall. This is not a denunciation of the wets, It is not an excoriation of the moderates, it is not a plea for the prohibition. It is the expression of dlBgUSI at Ihe can! that is be smirching our public life and that renders America the object of de rision and contempt throughout Ihe world. plane. I lie cuiiva.sbael; duck can llv from 130 to 160 feet a second, hut il uhuai mie ui rn; lo ( 11 miles an hour would be pretty fast to be en joyable in a plane making a pleas ure trip i ne crow is me least rapid of a list ot 22 migratory birds, flying an MiBiSuiuuaui average oi ia ieet a second, or 30 miles an hour. Of K course this speed maintained steadi- Ijfi ly in an automobile would mean a! very lair rale ot progress, defying1 the speed laws in many communities, i .Most ot the turds listed, however,; do better than the crow. Curlews and jaci.snipes can uy an ana lia teet a second, while quails, prairie chick- whether ! ens' Hnci runed grouse can make 75 feet. The dove can reach a speed k; of 100 feet a second, or (18 miles Q an hour, although its usual rate is X less. Redheads, blue-winged teals. W green-winged teals, Canada geese, and different varieties of brant, can fly over 100 feet per second, ranging in speea rrom lis to as miles an hour, but usually fly at a, much slower rate. g When one recalls the authentica- p led case of the little blue-winged Q,' leal traceff by Ihe Biological Survey t from Lake Scugog in Canada, to Trinidad, South America, a distance of over 3,000 miles, it becomes clear that these very high speeds are val uable in enabling the migratory birds lo reach their winter homes in warmer climates within a reason able period of time. In the case of many birds the high speed attain- ahle enables them to escape many natural or human enemies. P w o o H P o o o fe I O X c o H X O SI 'EM UNO MILLIONS I'Olt ROADS while the calamity bowlers are enjoying themselves In other parts of Hie country, the South is making strides In seven-league boots, lay ing the surest foundation for future development good roads. North Carolina has voted $75,000, (10(1, Alabama 15,000,000, South Carolina is trying to gel through an expenditure of 150,000, 000 for road work. Florida tackled the job by Coun ties. Hlllsboro count voted $3,000, 000. Duval county voted $3,000,000, and now enterprising business men are asking $5,000,000 to build roads and link up ihe county sys tem, Tennessee is voting on a $75,000, 000 bond issue, and has spent $SS;l, 000 in the last few months. Ceorgia Increased lis funds $7X0, 000. Kentucky has contracts esti mated at $900,0011. Louisiana $932, 000, and Mississippi 1144,000, Good roads spell prosperity in capital letters. The trivial amount of extra taxation Involved is not worthy of consideration spread out as It always Is over so iiituii years. It would be well If Ihe town and village officials (u every community were to get an Inspiration from what the southern counties and states are doing. UAMH A I 'I soi iTARLK Asset The record made b. the Oregon '' e Commission in financing lis varied activities of 1922 entrely ....ugh the sale of hunting and fishing licenses is a notable one. It contains as well, an element of sur mise !( the layman who does nol Indulge In any of the outdoor hunt ing sports which the slate of Oregon affords. That hunting and fishing have become self-supporting B ports due largely to the wisdom of the Commission's policy of planting trout and liberating pheasants in accessi ble streams and fields of the state, has probably never occurred to any except Ihe unfortunate poacher when nabbed in the act of enjoying Na- ture without a license, The multitude of cares which at tend the successful hatching, raising and liberating of over 24,000,000 trout eggs and 4352 Chinese pheas ants is abundant proof that the bus iness of propagating game Ilsh and birds is taken seriously In Oregon. Happily also, this wholesome bus iness of restocking the fields and streams has not lessened Ihe Com mission's efforts to enforce (he game laws. The number of arrests, increas ing from 1SI In the lax year of 1918, to 760 in 1922, Is evidence that the administration of i lie law is in good bauds Oregon Voter. . Secretary Wallace understands ge- E-1 ouietry at least that a straight line Z is the shortest distance between two i 1 points. At any rale his message to John li. Yeon thai the Wallula cut- ofl will go as originally surveyed would indicate this. o Hermiston, trying to act as wise 2 as a tree full of owls, didn't slip one q over after all. Her star chamber res- ! olutioni were uncovered unluckily . tor her. These behind-your-back I moves don't make ardent friends, Z either. ,, aJ Q X O PQ Engineer Purcell Is a bigger man i ban Ed Aldrieh thought. He's even bigger than Eddie thinks Eddie is and that's going some. The al tent ion of Brother Clark Wood of the Weston Lender is called to the picture on Ihe front page of I hul "speedway" for coyotes and Jack rabbits he writes about in last week's Leader. We have another picture we may print which shows the ideal road conditions around Weston In the winter time so ideal that traffic has to be suspended for weeks at a time, Governor Pierce delivered a very fine Inaugural address, but if the legislator attempts to Change all the laws he suggests, enact the proposed measures, and curry out all his rec ommendations it will rertainl) bine a busy forty days forty months wouldn't hope he Versatile as Fred Steiwer ii woeful picture of Ihe terrible datlon that would be caused the I'niuiilla Rapids dam was and how Ihe railroad tracks highway would didn't seem to was taking the two-faced god. booster lor the on i In i, his in u n when built a lid be washed away, Hick. Mr. Steiwer pari of Janus, the He is the chief hydro-elect ric dam itisfv I'matllla llapids, but to petty greed of Pendleton That barren waste the E. O. and Hermiston Herald speak of raises quite a bit of hay. Vide the cut on page 1. PU1NCHETTES Rev. m. A. Matthews, D, JD..L.L.D. FAITHFUL OFFICERS Every citizen is under obligation to a faithful officer. Men may gather Into different groups or parties for the purpose of electing their public officials, but when the official is elected he ceases to be in the administration of office a partisan. It is equally true that when a man is exhalted lo a public position he has a right to demand the sup port and loyalty of every American citizen regardless of his partisan atlll iat ions. Every good citizen is loyal to his Officer and supports him in "every way possible. Heboid, the spectacle of an of ficer of the land, the executive In the judicial department Of this na tion being criticised, hounded, ma ligned and abused for the perform ance of his duty. If the courts are to be classed, if Instruments of abuse are to be used, if men who belong to the oourts and follow the proceedures of the courts are to be attacked because they In voke the arm of the law, then the last foundation of this government has been destroyed. Law Is supreme. The courts of the land must be respected and their Z o o w w o EH Z P o p o X X o as a Q X O X for a i rules observed. Z o p p X o H Z P o p lew more nickles and dimes from the sale of gas and hush to the tourist and business man. he goes to Washington and reverses himself by stultifying some of his previous ar guments, trying to stop construction of the Wallula cut-off. The E. O. thinks regular gunmen When judges on the federal! bench of America render decisions j they must be respected and obeyed, or men who choose to disobey and disregard must pay the penally for such treason and anarchy. The constitution of the I'nited Stales shall not be torn to pieces. The Supreme Court of the I'nited Jjjj tactics were used on the State High states shall never be lowered to the J way Commission by Engineer Pur-, gutter and become the political foot- 53 o Pi O I cell to get the Wallula cut-off across. To try to get a special session of the be enough time. Hut wet legislature, called for another pur- j gets all his reforms and pose, to pass on the road was not economic plans across, made a perfectly sane address. st that. He j extraneous, and uncalled for, nor and worthy bore no earmarks of the highway man, we are sure. ball of political anarchists. Every red-blooded, patriotic citi zen In America should rise and speak against all infamous doc trines and blasphemous propaganda Let every worthy American be loyal lo his public officials. 3 X o X BOARDMAN - MORROW CO LJNTY, OREGON WHY mmmmmmmm 'jmxm THE CLIMATE IS GOOD THE PEOPLE ARE SOCIABLE INTELLIGENT ENTERPRISING TOWN IS NEW AND GROWING LOCATION WELL CHOSEN HALF WAY BETWEEN THE DALLES AND PENDLETON ON O.-W. RAIL ROAD ON COLUMBIA RIVER SOIL WILL RAISE ANYTHING WATER FOR IRRIGATION FROM WEST EXTENSION OF UMATILLA PROJECT McKAY CREEK DAM WILL BE BUILT ASSURING MORE ACREAGE UNDER WATER Boardman is a New Town But Not a Boom Town WRITE SECRETARY OF COMMERCIAL CLUB - BOARDMAN MORROW COUNTyToREGON o g z R o w w o o o I o w w o o 3 o a o w w c n o g H o H M a o 2 w o B 2 o H W O a o 2 ? o H o o R o S3 I Q O a o w B O c Jl P r c o B c BOARDMAN MORROW COUNTY, OREGON A NEW AND GROWING TOWN