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The Boardman Mirror
Boardraan, Oregon
MARK A. CLKV L I, M), Publisher
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
$2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE-
Y -r J as second-class matter Feb.
1921. at the nostofflce at Dotird-
Hian, Ore., under act of Mar. 3, 1879
Et ijal December
B B continue to
j ul the office of
Multnomah county will this year
pay 33.96 per cent of the total state
tax.
The Willamette Valley Cleaners' and
Dyers' association will meet in Eu
gene Friday.
Several or the logging camps In the
lower Columbia river district have
been compelled to close as a res;ult of
snow.
State bar examinations will beheld in
Portland Thursday and Friday, accord
ing to announcement made by Arthur
Benson, clerk of tho Oregon supreme
court.
The expenditure! for the year 1922
in the IJmpqua national forest were
$137,128.44, according to the annual
report filed by Forest Supervisor Carl
B. Meal.
The campaign against the Industrial
Worker! of the World is wanning
up in Coos county. Seven men are
under arrest in Marshfleld and five
In CoQullle.
Tttf annual picnic of the Oregon llol
stein llreeders' association will be hold
pa the Oregon Agricultural college
campus at Corvallis during the week
of June 19.
Plans have been completed by the
Oregon public service commission tor
resuming the Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph company rate rehearing in
Portland Thursday.
The state tax on gasoline and die
filiate produced a revenue! of $U(I, 111 1.10
during the month of January, 1923, ac
cording to a statement compiled by i
the secretary of state.
More than 325 members anil guests
attended the annual meeting of the
Baker county chamber of commerce
at Maker. It was featured by an Ore
gon products' banquet.
Taxpayers of Lane county have
more money this year than for a num
ber of years past, it Is said by mem
ber! of the tax collecting force in the
office or Sheriff Sllckels.
To meet the housing need created
by the rapidly growing population,
construction ot 60 frame houses will
be started immediately at Band by J.
H. Conway, Portland contractor.
UnuHSigncd surplus of the statu in
dustrial accident funds, excluding the
statu appropriation, aggregates 1457,
070.26, according to a report prepared
by member! or the commission.
It. II. Honney, superintendent of the
Union rish hatchery, near La Grande,
has announced that 26 new tanks,
which will Increase the Capacity of the
plant one-third, will be Ins-tailed In the
hatchery In the near future.
Walter B, Meacham ot Baker was
reelected president of the Old Ore
gon Trail association at Its annual
meeting at Baker, A. V. Nelson of
La (Jrande was elected secretary to
succeed Horace B. Hyder of linker.
A Joint show will bl staged by tho
Pendleton llotarluus and American
Legion members of the Pendleton post
next month for the purpoae of raising
funds to equip and maintain Bturfll
park for the benefit of Pendleton chil
dren. George L. Cleaver of Portland has
been appointed state prohibition of
fleer by Governor Pierce. This office
was created by the last legislature and
carries a salary of $2400 u year. Mr.
cleaver win have his headquarter! in
Portland.
Representative Sinnott lias left
Washington. D. C. with the house irri
gation committee for the southwest to
Investigate the Imp. rial valley irriga
tion project, lie will return to Wash
ington, I). C before going to Oregon
for the summer.
Fourth class postmasters for Oregon
have been appointed as follows:
Churlci E. Newell, nirkenfleld; Niels
J, Hanson, Flora, Mr.- Ktta Dukes,
Merlin; Mrs. Annie O. Johnson. Odell;
Amos D Robinette, Itobinette, and
Bertha It. Forbes. Stauffer.
following the holding of a public
meeting at Astoria by Major Richard
Park of the United Slates engineer!
to consider objections to the new pro
posed highway bridge across the Levis
and Clark river, permission was grunt
ed the highway commission to erect
the structure.
The bill passed at the recent !
eiou of the legislature prohibiting the
use ot milk products in the maim
facture or butter substitutes sold in
this slate will be attacked through
the referendum, according to a lettel
received at the oftues of the secre
tary of state.
Tho world war veterans' state a d
commission haa Inetituted its first
foreclosure proceedings under the sol
dins loan act, enact, d in the ..u
1921 and amended la the ftJU LM1
The proceedings Involve land in Yam
hill county, upon wh.eh a bum a
authorised by the commission. The
man to whom the loan was ma.h
tripped the land of all chattel and
apparently has lull me stale. ('
Betutits n th
arrive ain.Oi t da
the Or OH Tuberculosis association,
bringing the total to date up to $34,
239.24, and a number of the larger
cities have not yet been heard from.
The failure to prcure an appropria
tion Of $15,000 from the Port of As
toria for the continuation of dredg
ing operations in the Skipanon river
channel haa forced the city of War
renton to abandon its plan of deepen
ing the stream to a uniform depth of
25 feet at low tide.
The fiscal year of 1922, ended
November 1, was a profitable one for
the Portland public market, according
to the annual report of City Commis
siner Bigelow. In this year the mar
ket's total revenue was $13,017.05,
while the cost of operation was only
$4975.94, leaving a profit of $8040.11.
Because of legal proceedings in
stituted some time ago by the citi
zens of Ind pendenc! to restrain the
state highway commission and the
contractors from proceeding with the
construct ion of the West Side Pacific
highway south of Monmouth, it is not
likely that this road will be improved
this year.
There were two fatalities in Oregon
due to industrial accidents during the
week ending March 8, according to a
report prepared by the state indus
trial accident commission. The vic
tims were Frank A. Colfelt, Portland,
longshoreman, and John Madden, Hills
boro, logger. A total of 495 accidents
were reported during the week.
Glen Terry, chief engineer of the
Tillamook fire department, was called
to the Tillamook hospital, where a
still-born baby had been born to a
Mrs. Wilhelm alter Dr. Smith had
spent 15 minutes in an effort to bring
the child to life. When Mr. Terry
arrived with a lungmotor the child was
brought to life and Is still living.
State officials, alter a careful study
of the Income tax law enacted at the
recent session of the Oregon legisla
ture, have arrived at the conclusion
that the act will not raise to exceed
$850,000. At the time the bill was
introduced its more enthusiastic spon
sors estimated that it would produce
between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000.
The value of the output of the Itose
burg cannery during the past season
was $1711.214.84, according to Ihe re
port given at the annual meeting of
Ihe stockholders. The company paid
pU $55, si 3. 32 for produce and $36,
668.80 lor labor. A dividend of 8 per
cent was declared and it was voted
to Increase the capital stock from
$25,000 to $50,000.
Oregon I'armerB were carrying a
smaller percentage of the grain crop
on March 1 of this year than on the
lame date last year, according to a re
port issued by F. L. Kent, statistician
Of the United Slates department of
agriculture. The percentage of the
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1922 Oregon grain crop
on March 1, 1923. was:
cent; corn, 7 per cent
cent ; barley, Hi per c
A telegram receivi
A. E. Veatch of the
held on farms
: Wheat, 10 per
it; oats, 21 per
nt.
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Indian
Lodge Tales
By
Ford C. Frick
i01W0WC0UNTY,0REG0N-A NEW AND GROWING TOWN
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THE UTE LEGEND OF
CREATION
T" THE beginning of time there were
no mountains, no streams, no bunt
ing grounds and no forests. In those
days there were no red men roaming
the plains, no bison, no antelope and
no living tilings, liven was there no
earth, but only the blue sky and the
clouds and the sunshine and the ruin.
The Manitou. who dwelt in the cen
ter of the sky, lived all alone. There
were no smaller gods In Heaven and
he was the ruler of the sky und the
sun and the rain; and the lightning
and the thunder were at his command,
and fhe sun shone und the rain fell at
bis desire.
But by and by the Manitou grew
tired and lonely und wished for new
things to see und new work to do. So
he took a stone and whirled It round,
und round until he bored a bole
through the floor of Heaven, which Is
the sky. And the hole he made larger
and larger until he could look through
at the nothingness beyond. And he
was much pleased.
When he had made a big bole In the
sky and was able to look through,
then he took the snow and the rain,
and this he poured through the hole In
the sky also. With It he poured, too,
the stones and the dirt from the floor
of Heaven. And the snow and the
ruin and the dirt and the stones fell
from Heaven Into the great nothing
ness, und the Manitou was pleased
with his work.
By and by, when he hud poured for
days, lie looked down and saw below
him a great moutnaln which had been
builded by the rain and the snow, the
dirt and the rocks. And Jar below the
mountain be could see a great plain
Which stretched away and ivway us fur
us he could see for great was the
quantity of dirt and rock which e hud
poured.
Seeing tin' mountain, the Manitou
was curious to know what lay beyond
and what wonder the dirt and t lie
rock had worked. So he made the
hole bigger, until be was able to crawl
through and then he stepped down
from the Boor of the sky to the sum
mit of the great mountain which ne
hail formed. When he had come down
l;e found that the earth and the stones
bad spread out and bad formed the
world, which was large and vast. But
I! was a world of bare rock and dirt,
and tin1 Manitou wished for something
to make It more beautiful.
He stooped and touched the earth
villi bis lingers, and wherever he
touched there trees sprung forth and
forests were made, and the plains were
made green with the trees and the
shrubs. The sunshine which came
through the hole In the sky which the
Manitou had made warmed the air and
melted Ihe snow, and great lakes of
water were made; and the water ran
committee, from Senator Ramos of
Olympla, staled that the Washington
leglilature had adopted the resolution
providing lor the appointment of an
interstate bridge committee, to confer
with a like committee named by the
Oregon legislature to investigate the
feasibility of building a bridge across
the Colombia river af Rainier, und
make a report to the legislature! of
the two states in 1925.
Reorganization of Ihe state Irriga
tion securities commission, wheh was
creased from three to live members
at tln recent session of the legislature,
has been effected, Governor Pierce
was elected chairman of the commis
sion and Percy Cupper, state engineer,
secretary; Krank llraniwell, slate sup
erintendent of banks, is treasurer of
the commission, and Robert Simpson
Is clerk. Other members are 1. 11.
Van Winkle, attorney general, and O.
P. Horr. state treasurer.
Remnant ot a herd that once roam
ed the Oregon hills and woods lu enor
mous numbers, ihe last surviving
white tailed deer of this state, hence
forth will receive the protection of
the law. State Game Warden Burgh
duff has announced. A special re
fuge will he established in Douglas
county and the season for shooting
these beautiful ncd unique animals
will be closed Indefinitely. It is the
hope of the state game commiss on
that by careful se gregation and pro
lection In this manner the species w ill
be saved trotu an impending extinc
tion.
1 he state desert bind board has
refused to grant the North Canal com
puny or Deschutes county a definite
extension ot t me in which to com
plete construction work under its eon-
tract with the state looking to tin
development of approximately 20.000
acres of land located in the vicinity
of Redmond and Head It was agreed,
however, thut the company may cease
operations temporarily, conditional
upon cancellation of the contract In
case Ihe work is not resumed within
b.x months. The company desires that
this lime be extended to Jasttar) 1,
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the streams. And
if the plains great
1 and rivers Qow(
and grass sprang u
the world became
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So was the world created, and it was
a world of sunshine and warmth a
pleasant world where the rain fell on
the afternoon of every day and trees
grew, and tlowers and shrubs. And
the Manitou, seeing It, was very
pleased.
Kverv day he ciime down from his
home In the sky to roam In the fields I
Olid to rest by the side of the streams '
or In Ihe shade of the forests - and the
world became his playground where,
be rested when his work In the Heaven
was done.
But ut that lime there were no llv-
in creature!, no birds and no beasts,
no hoar and no wolves, and no fishes.
and no red men nothing but trees
end grass and water.
By ami by the Manitou became lone
ly and wished for some one to inhabit
these lands which he had made so
beautiful, some one With w hom be could
talk and play. So he created the liv
ing creatures and put them on the
eurib but that is another story.
Note Tlu 1'tes, always a mountain
tribe, have always been influenced In
their legends ami their folk-lore by the
majesty ai.d mystery of the mountains,
which have been a part of their en
vironment it is only to he expected,
therefore, that their very Orel legend
the legend of creation should be
Centered about one of the great peaks
wo,, , thev knew and loved.
Phone or send es to Leo Root
If you will phone or send In
any news or other matter you
wish to publish in tho Mirror
io Leo Root at the postofi'ieo he
will forward it to the office.
Anything he gets before Wed
nesday noon will be in time.
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BOARDMAN MORROW COUNTY, OREGON -
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 AN YTHING
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 COUNTY, OREGON7
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