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About The Boardman mirror. (Boardman, Or.) 1921-1925 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1923)
The Boardman Mirror Boardman, Oregon MARK A. CLEVELAND, inibllsher PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE- is second-class matter Fob. al the posiollice, at Uoard- nian, Ore , under act 01 Mar J 1 itered : , 1921, 3, 1879 Printing is the inseparable com panion of achievement; R. T. Porte DISABLED WAIl VETERANS ABE ;ood FARMERS The disabled war veteran is prov ing to be a good farmer according to oppinloni expressed by federal agricultural supervisors of vocational trainee!! at a conference held in the . iih district office of the U. S. .runs' Bureau lor three days, ding March lUlh. Fifteen rehabil itation supervisors of Washington, Oregon and Idaho handling veterans preparing to become independent far mi i s attended the conference. W. Homer Maris, ofWaHhington, I). C, regional supervisor of farm training, announced that sixty-one disabled war veterans of this district 'tiav e completed their agricultural training successfully and are now Indent i. den' farmers. Approximately are training on small land ' il several hundred more learning agriculture through mem or institutional training. "A large percentage of disabled ex-service men of this district who selected farming as their new voca tion are making good," declared Mr. Minis. "Hunderdl of veterans are sacrificing ordinary comforts and pleasures of life to gel a start on a small place of their own. The gov ernment does not expect to make big ranchers out of these trainees, but rut her Independent farmers on a small scale, We advise the veteran to age in diversified farming with Specialty such as poultry raising i dairying, There are approximately li.otiu disabled farm service men in the United Slates training in agrl nil lire n I I he present time." Cooperation between agricultural training cupervlsors of the Bureau mid farm instructors of Washington. Oregon and Idaho Stale colleges was ili cussed lit the conference. Fxperl inlvise is given trainees through these college instructors al the Veterans' l.i nil project once a week IT. L. Mc Coy, bead of Rehabilitation work i.i the Pacific Northwest urged that spealaj intention be given by the fed eral supervisors to outlining of r lining programs when the ex-serv-i lien take up their newly selected n pal Ions. In government allows vocational (lie sum ot 50 or $ietl a b with additional compensation dependents during the period of I Trainees in agriculture in o:t Instances use a portion of this governmental training pay for pur chase of land and farm equipment. NATIONAL GARDEN WEEK W'IMI, 8-7 IN OREOON National garden week will be April 2-7 in Oregon this year. It will be held under the auspices of the state (federation ot Woman's clubs, Mrs. Idall Callahan, president The dale and activities were ar rangad vvith PaUl V Maris, director of the college extension, who with his staff of specialists, the county and liiiiiin demonstration agents and the OUng peoples' garden clubs, will help it out the work. ' rtssue of the farm garden vog bullntln by A. (!. IIouiuel, head table garden tog at the college, one feature of the week, the .hi 1 lie being exhausted. To help the home gardeners select helpful books on the cure and use of the garden, l.ucy M. Lewis, collge librarian, has prepeied a list to he mailed out to the rural newspapers who arc willing to cooperate in Spreading the gospel of good gardens and plenty of them. Special Items on the relation of the home garden to the family diet will be prepared by Murgcry Smith, col lege nutrition specialist, and distrib uted by specialists, county agents and farm and city press. A good garden is regarded as an addition to the health, wealth and pleasure of both rural and town homes. National garden week as ndorsed by President Harding April lti-21, but the coast region is two weeks ahead of the rest of the country and calls for earllei observance. Governor Waiter M Pierce has been asked to aid in the movement by proclamation or otherwise as he sees fit. The Big Boost. Walter Cutters finished medical school last spring and now sports an M. I), to merit the "doc" he has been culled ever since he began to think about medicine. A short time uge Walter made a visit to the old family doctor arid asked fur some advice anil Information Inside tips, as it were. "Tell me," Walter pleaded, "how did ynu manage to become one of the leading doctors of the city? Is there an 'open sesame,' or is Is just plain bard work?" "Well," the old doctor confessed, "It's really a little of both. I've worked hard, there's no denying that. Bui I'll tell you how I really got my start. I had been struggling along Several years, barely able to make ends meet. Something had to he done. So, In older to pay my bills I just doubled tny charges. My reputation as a lead trig physician dates from that time." Kansas City Star. now THE WORK ; s' ORIGINATED The word "gas" was originated bj .1 V. van llelmont In one of his writ nil'-- iosl humously published In 1(41, in the course of Ills description of tip. now known us "carbon dioxide ." He found that Charcoal on burning yielding a "spirit" which he thought abounded In forests on account of Its supiKMedly untumeable nature. The wold was suggested by (he Creek xdos (cbaot)i and ho writes "I have culled this spirit gas it being scarcely distinguishable from the chuos of the ancients ." The ancients' chaos meant Infinite, empt) space which existed before ull things, being filled with clouds and darkness. and entirely dif ferent from the chaos of modern usage, which denotes a state of dis order and confusion Ex Party Is known who took the fur from cloak room at Legion dance at Stunfield Saturday night If fur Is mailed to Mrs C F limber. Sian liild. no prosecution will be made. Scatter Apple Seeds. From Maine to California you can nee where forests voce grew how these forests have been destroyed. Mighty stumps ami smoldering trunks still at test to the magnificence of the trees that are gone. Whole tracts of couu try ure barren, where these forests were destroyed, and nothing put In their place so that the rain and the winter frost broke and washed away the very soil, and rocks and desert lie where once Splendid trees stood In their noble beauty. If the men who killed them root and brunch had had something of Johnny Appleseed in their hearts, they would have used these forests wisely and with love, and today trees would Stand where trees stood, and the wounded luml be whole. Carry with you as you go on through life H pocketful of BPPle seeds, or their equivalent, Perhaps you win not see the fruit of the tree you planted, but fruit there will be. What you do for America will be done for her, not for yourselves. Yet the doing will wonderfully enrich your own lives, for such Is the law - llildegurde Haw thorne, In St. Nicholas. Rocked Husband to Sleep. "Where are you going to in such a hurry?" "To the police station to get a war rant for tny wife's arrest." "On what charge?" "Hocking me to sleep." "You i'ii n't have your wife arrested for recking you to sleep." 'Can't I? You shpuld see the rock" L union TU-B'tB. Mahogany Leads A ;.w"g Woods. Among cabinetmakers and users or furniture, mahogany is easily the most favored wood. It has beauty of sur face. It Is easily carved and It Is not BUbJeCl to changes In fashion. Also II is adaptable to any article of hum lure. Tradition has it that mahogany's dis covery was quite accidental. A enr- penter in sir Waiter Raleigh's shop in 1090 saw some of the wood, experi mented with it. ami convinced of If' value, made use of it. Mahogany is found extensively In Africa, but the greater quantity used in the I'ulted Stales comes from Cuba, Mexico and Central America. "Bulls" .., L " oi Finance The origin of tile stock exchange terms "bulls'' and "bears" has never been satisfactorily explained. The phrase is of great antiquity and can he tlitced In one of Clbber'l plays pro duced In 1730, when the exchange was still known as "New Jonathan's," It Imjh been suggested that "bear" Is a reference to the selling of the bear's skin before killing the bear, while a "luill" Is supposed to be a speculator who buy stock for forward delivery In the hope that the price will rise so tjiiit he can sell out at a profit without taking up and paying for the stock. Contangoes, which have been reintro duced, are the percentage paid by the buyer of stock for postponement of transfer day. the term being derived from the Spanish word "clntengo," meaning "1 check." Iceland Popples. The wonder of tourists Mt Lake Louise, alberta, and at Banff the last year has been the marvelous display of Iceland popples. These popples, planted by Princess Louise at Lake Louise about ten years ago, now cover acres at Luke Louise and large are, is at Banff. Perennials, they live all winter and blossom continually from early In May until iietohcr. The faster one plucks them, to quote an old Irish song, the faster they grow At Banff they are the first green (hinge, to show above the sell, and the gardener at the Banff Springs hotel has often found a gesjgaj wild deer feeding upon the early shoots. The deer cut the tlrst growth, but the sec snd growth Is t00 bitter for them HeMdes, by that time other green sprouts have appeared, and the orange, yellow and white popples are left unmolested, to bloom ull through the summer and well Into the fall. Phone or send News to Loo K.wit If you will phone or send In any news or other matter ou wish to publish In the Mirror to 10 Root at the postoffice he will forward It to the office. Anything he gets before Wed- nesday noon will be In time. T11K y TELLE A good place to eat in Pendleton. lloiel notion. Pondleion. Is still I he house of welcome jiiiiiiiniM'iiiiiMiniiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiH! s Indian Lodge Tales By Ford C. Frick niiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiL? THE CREATION OF MAN "fOW when the Manltou had created ' the birds and the beasts and the fishes, nnd had then created the grizzly to rule over them, he returned to heaven content with his handiwork. He left behind him on the earth a happy kingdom, where the animals lived In peace together and where the grizzly, who was their king, was kind and Just and fair to weak and strong alike. As time went on there finally came a daughter to cheer the life of the Manltou In heaven ; and as she grew to womanhood she was fair to look upon; as beautiful as the dawn and as stately as the oak. The blue sky gave the color to her eyes, the placid lakes put their expression there; and golden sunbeams gave their beauty to her hair. The south wind warmed her blood and made It red ; the snows gave off their glow to tinge her skin. The rinding waters, soft and low, gave up their music In a voice for her. And she was fair to look upon, even us the blossoms In her hair. The Manltou, who loved her much, gave her the freedom of the heavens and the earth to go and come as she pleased, excepting only the one small spot where the grizzly was given power to reign. Here she must not go, for there were evil spirits and strong hands to stay her way. And there the power of the Manltou did not avail, for It was the home of the grizzly who was ruler. But one day, walking all alone, the maiden forgot the warning of her fa ther and wandered Into this forbidden land where lived the grizzly, and where flowers bloomed and all was beautiful and bright. As she wan dered about the forest the beasts saw her beauty nnd carried word of her coming to the grizzly. And the grizzly came down the trail and looked upon her ami desired her. He was so Im pressed with her beauty that he for got the Manltou and his power, and seeing the maiden, carried her off against her will to Ids home. And there he kept her hid away for many moons and finally he married her, al though it was against her will, and for long years he held her In captivity and the Manltou knew not where she had gone or why. Finally a child was horn to the grli ily and the daughter of Manltou. And this child, when he had grown, heard from his mother's Hps the story of the grizzly's cruelty. He learned, too, how the grizzly had run away with the daughter of Manltou and had stolen her from her home and kept her in captivity; and he was very angry, and prayed night and day to the Manltou. who yvas his grandfather, asking that he might be given the Strength and the wisdom to right the yvrong. So the Manltou heurd his plea and decided that the grizzly must he pun Ished ; and so the Manitou decreed that the grizzly henceforth should walk on four feet like the beasts lie had governed, And on his body hair was made to grow, and his language became the grunt and the scpjenl ; and he was made to dig In the ground to find his food and his eyes were made to watch his feet and no longer could he look toward heuven and into the fine of (he Manltou, who Is good al ways. In his place the Manitou named the Ited Man the son of the (Ireut Spo il's daughter and the grizzly- to rule so long as he bore himself as a niiin From tils mother he Inherited his form and beauty and wisdom, and from hit father the strength and courage and power and so he came to rule ove the land which the Manitou hud ere uted. So was the creation of the Chosen People who are the tribesmen, and who lived for ages under the sunshint of heaven and counseled with Manitou and ruled long and well until In latei years evil spirits came from the sen and fom;ht and wrestled with tt Chosen People and took away their power and their strength. Then d!,l the Manltou Intervene to set right the affairs of earth ami to give to us. whe J are his children, those things which are ours by right. But that, again. Is soother story, and too tnsny stories ut one time are not best for little enrs. Note- Here again we have a legend from the nomadic tribes of the moun tuln district the I'tes. the (Vmnnchev snd all the tribes of the great Sho shone family. This legend, ex'ressed In pictures. Is one of the features of the tribal home In the great I'te reser vation ut Ignado, Colo. 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RAIL ROAD ON COLUMBIA RIVER SOIL WILL RAISE ANYTHING WATER FOR IRRIGATION FROM WEST EXTEXSIOX OF UMATILLA PROJECT McKAY CREEK DAM WILL BE BUILT ASSURING MORE ACREAGE UXDER W ATER Boardman is a New Town But Not a Boom Town WRITE SECRETARY OF COMMERCIAL CLUB BOARDMAN MORROW COUNTY, OREGON BOARDMAN MORROW COUNTY, 0REG0N-A NEW AND GROWING td o o o w w o o o a 2 H o w a o w o 2 o td td c o o d z Hj o td m a o 'Z 'td o td O o td td O o o z o td M O O z td O td 6 z K o td td o o o z H o td R a o z I k w r o H R r TOWN