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m o THE BOAR DMAN MIRROR VOLUME 2 BOARDMAN, OREGON, FRIDAY, JAN. 19, 192$ NUMBER 50 S. W0JCIECH0WSKI S. Wojciechowski, recently elected president of Poland, by the national assembly. REPARATIONS STAND OF U. S. UNGHANGEO Washington, D. C. Secretary Hughes' proposal for reference of the reparations problem to international financiers for recommendations has "l on purely economic considerations is regarded in Washington as still hefore the allied governments for acceptance or rejection. Administration officials consider it may offer a way to recon cile the conflicting views of Great Britain and France. A White House spokesman stated that the government was not moving in the reparations crisis in any way at this time and could not move unless the powers concerned showed a desire that it should do so. Ultimately it is hoped that a way to be helpful will b opened by action of the French or British government. The view taken by administration officials appears to be that a test of the French theories in regard to Ger man capacity to pay is now in pro gress. If these theories prove sound there will be no reason for further American initiative in the matter; If not, the Hughes suggestion may well serve as the basis for a new allied conference to plan some other course BODY OF BANDIT IS FOUND Bullet-Riddled Mint Raider Is Left in Garage. Denver, Colo. In a rented garage In the fashionable Capitol hill resi dence district, the famed Buick auto mobile bearing Colorado license num ber 81009 that carried the gang of bandits who held up and robbed the federal reserve bank truck of $200,000 in front of the Denver mint on Decem ber 18 last and killed Charles T. Lin ton, bank guard, and the frozen bod of the man who wore the coffee-color ed overcoat and slouch hat believed to be the leader were found Bunds) The car and the body of the man. apparently had been in the garage since the day of the robbery, accord ing to the police. Police have identified the body as that of J. C. Sloan, said to have been the master mind of one of the most desperate gangs of desperadoes in the country. Allies Allow Germans Time. Paris. The reparations commission postponed until January 31 the pay ment of 500,000,000 gold marks due from Germany Monday. France, Italy and Belgium voted to delay. Sir John Bradbury, the British member, did not cast a ballot. It was intimated that France was hoping that the morator ium would permit the Ruhr situation to take definite shape, making evi dent the extent of the "passive re sistance" policy which Wilhelmstrusse seems to have planned. 18,000 Marks for Dollar in Berlin. London The French threat to ar rest the German coal directors in the Ruhr valley has caused a panic In Ber lin, says a Central News Dispatch from Berlin. On the Berlin exchange the dollar around 18,000 marks. POLITICS The day is near when common sense must take the place of that Which is called politics. Nations are stewing In their own juice which has been rendered by partisan poli tics. No matter what the legislation submitted the opposition is out with a filibuster or the scalping knfe, A r iedy may be submitted to give the ground where grows the poppy solidly, when some one excavates all but a crumbling surface. Europe Is searching today for the match that will ignite the powder keg. France must have her marks tho she lights the match herself. Again appealing hands will be outstretched to Amer ica to stop the onrush of the goose step. There are several powder kegs in Europe, among them a secret al liance between Germany and Russia. Germany is to supply Russia with arms and material for 180 regiments of infantry. Twenty divisions of ar tillery, 150 wireless equipment and 500 airplanes. Russia today has a well trained army of 1,400,000 men. The population of Russia and Ger many is 210 million. France is going In step by step to Berlin. A polar bear waddle will take the place of the goose step. A backward retreat will be encumbered with looted marks and the glowing coals of thP Ruhr. Again. America will be asked to step in and save civilization. You doughboys and devil dogs, you back bent taxpayers, you mothers and fathers who kneel before the bier of the unknown soldier, what have you to offer to this new appeal. It will be answered as America has always answered when the appeal to save has come to her, but when you look back as far as the day of the Arm istice and you find the lawmakers of the land only marking time in the name of politics, you only grit your teeth and add more salt to your tears. The constructive things have been strangled by politics. There has been no defined foreign policy. One group wants isolation Another, cooperation with other gov ernments. We have hesitaVd and been without decision. From a lofty position in the eyes of the World, we now hide behind a prohibitive tariff wall and the hoarded gold of deflated Nations. The greatest con structive Nation in war or peace shunning I he rehabilitation of the World. We morally rot among the rotten products of the land for the , want of foreign markets. Will our j government vacillate until the War j od trumpets again for American j blood and gold? A state legislature is in Bession. A mandate has been given to the representatives. Is it to be politics or constructive legisla- j tion. Do you know the name of your j representative. Do you know what he Is doing. Do not sleep forty days tho it rains forty nights at Salem. COMMUNITY PARK On January t, at two o'clock in the afternoon, at the school house, there will be a meeting to organize for a Community Park The govern ment has given us ten acres. A peti tion has been presented to exempt the park from paving a water r'ght. Spring is near for the planting of trees. There is no organization to con duct the business. What is a park worth to you and the project. If it amounts to anything come to the meeting.. Let each family plant one tree of an ornamental design in the section given for picnics. Let's get out the windbreaks this snring. Don't wait anolher year We have already lost a year. You only live once and its "calienti short". Let's go. S. H. BOARDMAN l.oWEI I. TO BE SPEAKER Judge S. A. Lowell will represent the Pendleton Commercial associa tion and the Umatilla Rapids asso ciation at a luncheon by the City club in Portland. January 2fi. At that time the City club's program is to be devoted to Columbia river Local Happenings -se a CM t 5 Ml eek Raymond Crov.der end in Hermiston, ;pent the On Thursday evening guesl of honor at a dancing party at the she was th wry enjoyable Broylss home. Stanley Hutch is putting on a concrete foundation. his home Mr to red and Mrs. J. C. Ualhnger to Hermiston Sunday. Neal Bleakney of Echo was e. guest at the Weston home on Sunday. Errett Hummel has been out of school this week because of chick: n pox. Mrs. T E. Hendricks has returned from several week's stay in MeM'n-ville. How times have changed! When we were in school. We were not per mitted to leave the school grounds during school hours, noons were the limes we did errands, but now wonder if classes are sometimes missed so thai tin the mail us soon rives. pupils may its the train we ar- The road workers finished gravel ing the east and west road from Weston's coiner west to the ditch on Wednesday. Henry Klages lias given up th' Conley ranch and has moved his fam ily into the building formerly occu pied by the Cash Mercantile Co. Fred Edmunds of Battleground, Wash., arrived Monday on a business trip. He states that his older daugh ter, Sylvannia, entered high school this year. Word has been Weired thiH w'k that the recent applications for fed eral farm loans have been accepted, and the money will be forthcoming soon. Ai th" regular meeting of the Boardman I'nit of the American Le gion Auxiliary, held on Wednesday at Mrs. N. A. Macombers, the fol lowing appointments for the year were made: Mrs. Hurchell Binns, so cial ohairman( Mrs. N, A. Maeomber, Welfare and Hospital chairman; Ida Mefford, historian; Mrs. Ralph Davis. Publicity officer; Mrs. Will Mefford, chaplain; Mrs. w. H. Stewart, ser-geant-at -arms. Martin Conley was in Board over the week-end looking after tan his business interests. He has four men at work now on his ranch, and is contemplating putting the Whole 10 0 acres under cultivation. Mias Mabel Gerard of Aberdeen, Wash., who had been the house guest for several days of Miss Ethel Broyles, left on Friday for her home. On Thursday evening of last week, I he Leg'on and high school basket ball teams again fought.' over the 'mil. This time the high school was victorious with a score of 12-11. The high school girls' team played the "Rhea Siding Flappers," after the Legion game. This game was a win ter lor the "Flapper.;", who proved o M MM high school boys in dis guise. The score was 11-2. The line up was as follows: ' ,egion c f f g g have VOIl ,ee, G. Waggoner, ,ee, M. A. lilbrelh, I! due eimlier. O. High School Carp n'er. I) Messenger, T. Olson. E. Cummins, l. Attabury, C. High Girls Messenger, Broyles, Blayden Had ley. r, M. Ethel F. 7.. Belli Beck, Thelraa Thyra Flappers c Laura Cummin-, c Han i r) Ayres f Tessie Mes. org IT f Eleanor Olson g Bertha Carp inter g Clarise Attebury to timid h is been i f u" -lay blockade in I'm vol hurtling, fhftltac and Ri bind ttaf resumed after the Deschutes Receipts frr combination licenses in Crook county during 1922 amour. ted to $1204.25. The state and county tux leWJ for Tlllameok county for 1922 will be 23.2 mills. Last year it was 24 3 mills. Because of a smallpox epidemic, all j students of the Washington high school in Salem must submit to vac cination. A total of 14.021 square yards cf paving was laid in Pendleton in 1322. according to Street Commissioner Cra btree. The tax levy for Wheeler count y for 1923 will be 18.2 mills, a reducte n of a little more than a m il from last year's rate. What is said to be hog cholera Is causing serious loss to stockmen in the Island City section of the Grand Monde valley. The union high school ami the pub lic schools at Spray, in Gilliam coun ty, have been closed because of an epidemic of scirlet fever. Thousands of sheep and cattle from all over Eastern Oregon have been driven to the Ochoco project to be fed during the winter on slfatfs The children of Vale must be home when curfew sounds at 8 e'etoek every night, the new city council having Just passed an ordinance to that efl t Combined lumber shipment development and J. N. Teal will also De a speaker. juage u.cu win Willamette and Columbia speak especially of the Umatilla' ,jj8trct tot 1922 were 728.9 :." rapids project. I Mr and Mrs. Glen Carpenter are occupying the Edmunds house until their new bungalow is finished. Dandy Studebaker touring auto top with windshield and fenders for only 150. Umatilla Garage, Umatilla, Ore. from river feet as compared with 131,291,928 feet in 1921. Reports from the Willamette valley indicate that fruit buds are developing in all sections and are in danger of being trMtbiUen before the Wiwr M over. T. B. Handle? , state corporation commissioner for the past two years, has resigned. It was said that his sue cessor will not be named for several days. Astoria is classed as "a fur trade town of about 8000 population" in an article which appeared In the London Daily Mail telling of the lire disaster December 8. Owen H. II Hi, Hon, lifelong resi dent of Marti n county and father ol Mrs. lien W. OtCOtl of Salem and Mrs Oswald West of Portland, duel ut his boms In Salem. While cranking a tractor on bis ranch near I'rinevllle last week, C. C. Reynolds had his ear torn off wlrm 'lie crank slipped ami flew, hitting him on the side of the head. Gold found In the gizzard of a goose by Charley iir nii.ii at Seaside has started several prospectors toward the upper reaches of the Necanltum river in nuest of the mother lode. Mrs. Marv Margaret Chambers, 87, last surviving member in Albany of those pioneers who crossed tie- plains to Oregon In IMS, Is dead at her home, as the result of old age The measures making a federal up propriation to aid In the re obstruc tion of the Burned area of Astoria are expected to be submitted to the re spective committees of the senate and house this we. k. Reopening of the penitentiary wool camp or replacing the present heut ing system with burners that will consume hog fuel, probably will be recommend' d I y the members of the state board of control at a meeting to We held this week. RADIO Last week the Mirror came in "on the air" full of static. While we gladly concede the light to eulogize anv "bug" of the antenae we wish to correct the statement in last week's issue. It was due to the public sptrltedness of Lou Morgan that th' pupils were permitted to hear the radio concert. Mr. Morgan took his private panel and connected the same With the school set. He brought in a speech by the Legion commander peaking at Seattle thai for clear ness and detonation could not be im proved upon. He gave us mus e from Los Angeles that was a treat. Market i reports from Portland of aid to the fun icr The overflow from a bub bling stein in Milwaukee. Wis. we could almost tasle. The Kansas City MtoHtttawVa nnwhallad their way in to our hearts, lis too bad that some working plan can ft, be devised : where the good of the school radio can be given 10 the children and I grownups ot the project. Where the DOVS of the school may form a class Of radio instruction. It is some limes difficult to read human nature, To us - MHJ (lnp it IS Itlllictlll III ilium " ' with a radio set is contented to se crete himself within his OWtl wall with some thing thai be ttoW pi! the multitude without additional ef fort. What one does Icr himself diet Willi him What he does for Hi,, mill Htude, lives ever afterward. Th r are three peopl,. on the project win radio sets. Muv I ask eacn oi o transfer one of your home radio nights each week to the schoo set. May i ask the school board tc appoint a radio committee, the chair man lo be Prof. Mnlkey. ' '"' to radio a'fairs. If there is mone! needed to pay in full for set. I'l'i know the amount and do business Six months from today let's not say there is the radio SSI and il has nevei been used. The air is full of good things for all of US. The school di i lift bus purchased a in earn tor se curing It. Let's not sulk in our Earlh ly burrows with a Childish churl pi our lips and pout our possible hup plness Into an every day nilserv. who will come to i be mourners bpncl first. What has become of the com munity spirit that we used to be se proud in boasting about. Let's go. S. H. BOARDMAN WOOL t; ROW ERS MKETINO IN PENDLETON JAN. BTdtfl Frank llaneiibarl b . president ei tie National Wool ( I rowers' associ ation. will be at the Pendleton meeting Of the Oregon Wool (Iron ers. January 27. 28 amj 29. Ilitten bartb is the man who secured th emergency wool tariff He will de liver an address which ail sheep a uel wool tnefl should hear. F l. Mar shall, si'cretary of the National usso ctatidn win also ireeali Both wip BPeak January 27. one Interesting feature or ims veut's convention "III be the eli" cm s on led by Hugh Sproat, presl 'i"et of the Idaho Wool Orpwejtj as POClattOf) ami VlCS I resident of th Idaho Board of Sheep CommlSSlrm and Dr. w. ii. Lytic, regarding eii ease rondl!lons among Oregon sheep At precnt dabo is maintaining a Q,parSnt!nS against Oregon sle ep cm account of scab. There seeing to b considerable dlfferanises or opinion r gardin;: the- e-stent of this disease Dr E l lie, in churg" of the eiiutran tine, will also purl iclpal,. in the dis jcusslon. Stanley Jewell will take up tbS natter of predatatry animal control AI present there Is a niiv on fool to abolish the county bounties with out making any provision to lake care of government hunters who ISlghl possibly do mOM efficient work. E. N. Kavanaugh will deal with the Important subject of range appraisal I!. A Ward, president of the Oregon cooperative Council iid manager of the Pacific Wool (fiowers 'association, will discuss co operative marketing CHAS. B. PIKE 1 j Charles B. Pike of Chicago, who has been appointed chief civilian aid to the secretary of war. WILL NOT AMEND DEBT FDND LAW Washington, D. C- President Hard ing an I republican house lenders, after a thorough canvass of the situation, decided that this is nut the time to seek an amendment to the debt Ittnil law I berallslng the terms of settle in -ut by nations owing money to the United States. Pending a tentative agreement on ertns, Which the American eenunis lon would be permitted to make tin ier Hie law, II was announced at the White House that President Harding regarded c hanges in the refunding act as in I only undesirable but unw ise The president believes he must In evitably go to congress and ask tof intendment liberalizing the law to meet any agreement that can lie con ummated with tin- British Whatever terms are granted lo Great lirltulii It was laid would be extended to other debtor nations and the amendments would serve as a precedent to be fol lowed in future negotiations. 'l ie' White House spokesmen made it known that Mr. Harding does not look with favor on an extra session. For that reason it ivas understood the president has not finally determined te send his recommendations for pro posed changes in the law to congress at this si s' ion. EX-MAYOR IS SENT TO JAIL Malic. ous Prosecution of Sher.ff Dravt Six Months' Term. Seattle, Wash. C E. West, ex mayor Ol uburn. W,.ah., wh i w.is con victed of naliciottsly proses u ting Matt Starwie h. she riff of King county, was sentenced to serve a term of six months in the state penitent ary Coun sel for West gave notice of appeal Shortly hefore the general election lust November, A W. Starwleh was a candidate, West brought abc.ut the she riffs arrest on a charge that he- obtained his naturalisation papers fraudulently The case against Stur wlcli was later dismissed The Moardman branch of I he Fed era! Loan association met on Tims day afternoon and elected the fol lowing as officers for th,. year: Pres ei 'ut. W O King; v ! -president, II. 11. Weston; secretary-! reasni ci , H II CrhWford j board of dtfactofs, Robert Wilson, Jus Mowed!, and Mrs. Crissinger Named for Reserve Board. WaslllllKli.il. 1 1. C Prc-ident Hard ing cleared the Slats Of important pending trsssur) appointments by nominating D. it. Crissinger of Marlon. ()., now controller of the currency, to be governor of tin- federal reserve board, James a IfcNsry ut Las Vegas, N. II., to succeed Mr. CriSSlngSr as controller of the currenc y, and Mllo D. Campbell Ol ColdWSter, Mich., to be Hie "dirt farme r ' re nerve board mem ber Rlbot, War Premier of France, Dead Purls - Alexandre It but. one ol Frances wartime premiers, died here Sunday Rlbot, who was MI. served as prime minister from Man h to Septem ber, 1H17 Me had been in active French politics since 1870. I he w ife of It. but wus Mary llurch of the ago Townley's Brother Killed in Collision L!geO!n, Neb. ('. A Tuwuley brother of A t'. Tov. nley, ex president and at present national organizer ol lie noii purtisau league, wus the mac kitted in the automobile grade crossing accident near Llnculu.