The Botfrdman Mirror
Boardman, Oregon
Published evert friday
MARK A. CLEVELAND, luuiUher
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Fntered as second-class matter April
?.?., 1921, at the post office at Uma
Mlla, Ore , under act of Mar 3, 1879
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panion of achievement. R. T. Porie
!ji!0,o(i PKDERAL MONEY FOR
UMATILLA RAPIDS S( lit IIV
Further wod news for the Uma
tilla rapids project, and its support
ers is contained in a Idler just
received from,. Congressman N. J.
Klnnotl, says the Pendleton Kast
Oregonian. The ni'vvs indicates that
irrespective of what may happen to
the $50,000 Item recommended by
the house Irrigation committee for
survey of the project it will still b,
pOMlble to secure federal aid for
such a survey.
Congressman Sinnolt's letter,
which Is to Fred Steiwer, says IJi
rector Davis of the reclamation
service, slates he will recommend an
iillotment of $10,000 from a $100,-
000 reclamation survey fund to be
1 "d for invest gal Ion of the local
protect on a 50-60 basis. This means
that. $10,000 of federal money Is
virtually in sight for tins work
provided another $10,000 can be
raised by Oregon or Oregon and
Washington combined, or from pri
vate sources.
The fact Mr. Slnnott Menu an
xious to have i lie procedure followed
in order to survey the I'matiHa rap
ids there may be doubt as to the
passage of the $50,000 recommended
by the house committee. The com
mittee included that sum In Ihn Co
lumbia basin project bill and thus
tar that bill has not passed either
house It is said the measur,. cannot
PUI ill Ibis session. If the Columbia
basin bill tails to make the grade
tie- $511.0011 item for the Umatilla
rapids project would also go glim
mering, iience the Importance of
securing the $10,000 as suggested
by Director Davis.
Judge !. vv Phelps ami other
supporters of the Umatilla rapids
project aie now studying th(. ciies
lion and tmiking Inquiries with ii
view to finding out how the pros
peetive federal aid may be mulched.
The latter Is also being taken up
Ufa .1 N. Teal Of Portland who
hal been doing valuable work In
behalf of the project.
while in Washington recent)
Mr Steiwer consulted at length
with Senator McNary, Congressman
Slnnott an( Director Davis about
the project, lie says Messrs Da is
and Slnnott show especial Interest
In the niii Iter and as a reusll of
Information he brought back efforts
are being Increased to secure an
early ofllclal survey of I he project.
Oltl'.OON TO HAVE NEW SYSTEM
Governor Pierce has delivered a
message making a haul light, lor
lax reduction, and to keep his cam-
paign promises.
The hill to place all slat,, boards
and commissions and departments
under live commissioners, three slate
olllcers and two commissioners to
be named by the governor Is it dras
tic reform measure.
It will be opposed by aVI the hun
dreds of beneficiaries of the old
Oregon system hut it Is believed ihe
legislature as organized Is wilh the
governor In executing Ihe mandate
of Ihe people
Under the leadership of an ag
K ressh . light ing govet nor the m w
slate admlnlstralive code can be en
acted ami put Into operation but It
will tBke an earnest two year light
as privileges dies hard.
The crowd of political managers
who have got Oregon into the high
lax ImpaSSe where peopl,. cannol sell
property and cannot stand any new
taxes, want to shift the burden and
keep power.
They would do almost anything
rather than enforce retrenchment
and economy in pubic attars because
they are the chief beneficiaries.
So Ibex would load the slate with
new taxation wilh no pledge or ef
loll to relieve the people of the nil
Just burden which they now labor
under.
Th,i creamery at drove City. Pa .
which Is operated under the super
vision of the I'nited Stall's Depart
ment of Agriculture, during the past
ear adopted the practice of supply
ing l cream manufactured with
ready made mixtures for making ice
cream. This method relieves the
small manufacturer of the work and
trouble of putting the milk, cream
and other Ingredients together in
proper proortlon. and ts proving
very popular The mix" Is ready for
fleeing when received b th,, huier
REVIEW OF WORK OF
OREGON LEGISLATURE
First Week Sees Little Work
Done Outside of Organiza
tion of the Two Houses
SaU-m. Aside from organization
little of Importance was accomplish
ed during the first week's session of
the state legislature. This is not un
usual, however, for it is the habit of
legislatures the country over to do
very little real work during the first
week.
While there is said to be an under
current of resentment in certain quar
ters over the committee appointments
of President t'ptnn of the senate and
Speaker Kubll of the house, it is not
believed it will result in upspfting the
organization plans in either house
Every session finds a number of mem
bers displeased with their committee
assignments, but usually their resent
ment disappears when the session gets
down to business.
A clash between the senate and
house ways and means committees
marked the first days of the session.
The differences seemed to be largely
over the appointment of a chief clerk
of the joint ways and means com
mittee. Pressure has been brought to
bear on both committees by a large
dement in both houses and harmony
'h looked for this week.
Few Bills Introduced.
Ope remarkable feature of the lnl-
lal week of the present session was
he small number of bills Introduced,
is compared with recent sessions It
is hoped by some members of both
houses that this record will be main
allied during the session, so that the
1112:' session will make its record on
the Importance of the hills passed and
not on the number of measures in
i roduced.
Dining the first week twenty bills
were Introduced in the senate and 43
u the house, Four joint resolutions
were also offered in the house.
The first measure of major Impor
tance Introduced was offered by Sen
ator Hall of Coos county, proposing
the abolishment of li4 boards anil com
missions and merging all other state
departments under four general heads.
The four departments proposed in
the Hall bill would he known as the
depart incut of business control, depart
mi nt of labor, Industry and public wel
fare, department of agriculture and
natural resources and Ihe department
of public works and utilities
The secretary of slate anil the slate
treasurer would each he constituted a
commissioner In charge of one of these
.. i art incuts, with two other conwnis
eers to be appointed by the gover
nor with consent of the senate at sal
aries of $4500 each per year, except
that the commissioner of public works
and utilities should receive $i;ouo per
year.
Governor Names Department Heads.
The governor would designate the
department to be headed by each com
missioner and would be authorized to
shift the Commissioners about at any
time the good of the service demand
ed such a shift.
Fifty nine of the P4 abolished com
missions would be resurrected in the
reorganliatin under the super com
tnlssloner plan.
The only agencies actually abolished
under the proposed reorganization
would be the state audit committee,
legislative service and reference
bureau, securities committee, commit
tee of tax Investigation and the state
emergency board
The bill provides for the appoint
ment of sub-commissioners to head the
various activities in euch department,
similar to the commlsslnticrships in
effect under the present erganizat iop
and at the same salaries now obtain
ing except that the salary of the tax
commissioner would he increased from
IS 000 to $4000 Instead of three high
way commissioners, three industrial
n ctdent commissioners and three pub
lic service commissioners as a present. !
however, there would be only one coin-
miss oner lor each of these suhde
part ments.
Astoria Asks Relief.
The question of state relief for the
stricken city of Astoria will receive at
tention this week. A bill introduced
in the house provides for an appro
priation of MO,OO0 to aid in rehabili
tating the city. Proponents of the bill
are anxious for prompt passage of
the measure, as they feel that aid from
the federal government depends large
ly upon the action of tin- state legis
lature. Indications are that the measure
will not get through without consider
able opposition. Many member from
Kastcrn Oregon, as well us from other
parts of the state are said to be op
posed to the appropriation
During the week a measure propos
ing an income tax is likely to be placed
la the legislative hopper The In
come tax law outlined bv Speaker
Kubli is the only one In sight. No
other member has indicated that u
has in preparation an Income tax
bill. Most members believe that pas
sage of an income tax at this session
Is inevitable. The only debatable ques
tions are how to avoid double taxa
tion and too much administrative over
head. Budget Commission Reports.
Thg recommendations of th3 state
budget commission were ready for the
legislature when it convened Monday
They cail for appropriations aggregat
ing $6,416,832 23 for the biennium of
1923 and 1924.
The $6,416,832.23 is the amount
recommended for actual appropriation
by the legislature. Requirements for
the biennium for those state activities
supported by fixed levies or continu
ing appropriations are estimated at
$13,388,696.78, and requirements of self
maintaining boards, commissions and
departments are placed at $27,363,
809.23. The free text hook bill fathered by
Representative Woodward of Mult
nomah county is likely to arouse con
siderable controversy. The oppon
ents of the free text book bill wili
base their fight largely on the ground
that it will increase taxes, while those
who favor the bill claim they have
figures showing that in other states
free text books have not materially in
creased taxes.
Representative Woodward has also
sponsored a bill extending suffrage
to all qualified voters in school elec
tioix and another to prohibit the
wearing of sectarian garb in any pub
lic school.
While a similar sectarian garb bill
was defeated in the 1921 session, in
dications are that there will be little,
if any, opposition to the bill in this
session.
A farm bloc and an anti-log-rolling
block have been organized in the
house.
The farm bloc will vote as a unit
against measures which do not seem
to be a good thing from the tanners'
viewpoint, while the anti-log-rolling
bloc is going to insist that every
measure be considered on its merits
and not traded or log-rolled through
the house.
Alien Land Bill Introducer1
All aliens not eligible to citizenship
in the United States would be barred
from ownership of real property or
control of corporations in Oregon un
der the terms of a bill introduced in
the house by Representatives Bailey
and Huston.
The bill is modeled closely after
the California anti-alien land law and
is similar to a bill introduced in the
1921 session of the Oregon legislature
and defeated because of the federal
opposition to the measure at that time.
Better Ice Cream Wanted.
Two bills directed at ice cream
manufacturers were Introduced in the
house, one by Overturf and the other
by Cary.
The Overturf bill would increase the
amount of milk fat in Ice cream from
8 to 12 per cent; from 6 to 9 per cent
in fruit Ice cream and from 6 to 9
per cent in nut ice cream.
The Cary bill would increase the
percentage in plain Ice cream from
8 to 10 per cent; in fruit Ice cream
from 6 to 8 per cent and In nut Ice
cream from 6 to 8 per cent.
Only natural bom or naturalized
American citizens could be employed
by contractors on public works being
done either by the state or any muni
cipality in it. if a bill introduced by
Representative Hurlburt becomes a
law. Violation of the proposed law
would be penalized by a fine of from
$50 to $500 or Jail imprisonment of
from 30 to 90 days.
House Commends Highway Body.
Expressions of warmest commenda
tion for the present state highway
commission and its work were contain
ed In a resolution introduced in the
house by Graham and adopted with
out a dissenting vote. Not only did
the resolution express confidence in
and gratitude to the members, but It
also declared that the rapid develop
ment of the state during the last five
years had amply demonstrated the wis
dom of the road program.
An effort to prevent Ihe change of
party registration and keep democrats
from voting in republican primaries or
republicans from voting In democratic
primaries is made in a bill introduced
in the house by Representative Kucha.
Legislative Brevities.
The appoint input of t. H. Crawford
of I .a Orands as a member of the
board of regents of Oregon agricul
tural college was rutlfled by the sen
ate. Mr Crawford succeeds Governor
Walter M Pierce.
The first bill to receive favorable
consideration in the senate was In
troduced by Senator BUmyer of Raker,
and provides for the designation of the
east and west road through the state
as the Old Oregon Trail.
The first couuty salary Increase bill
bobbed up In the house when Repre
sentative Miles introduced a measure
having for Its purpose an Increase in
salary for the treasurer of Columbia
county from $1000 to $1200 a year.
Changing the date for paying the
first half of all taxes from Ap-tl 5 to
June t Is the purpose of an amend
ment to the tax laws introduced in the
senate by Senator Johnson of Beuton
county.
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WHY
BOARDMAN?
BECAUSE
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
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BOARDS .N MORROW COUNTY, OREGON A NEW AND GROWING TOWN